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· Provides a third ingress/egress point for the existing River Pines subdivision · Allows for the abandonment of the River Pines sanitary sewer lift station through a more economic method of construction. Currently the 2007 CIP anticipates the abandonment of this line at a cost of $75,000. This cost includes boring and jacking of the sanitary . sewer pipe along the 10 foot drainage and utility easement available along the common property line with the property to the east. The abandonment cost is estimated to be $26,000 ifthe subject lot were available for open trench sewer pipe installation. · Allows for the looping of watermain through this right-of-way to provide another water source to the River Pines subdivision. City Engineer Jankowski advised possible funding sources to facilitate this proposal could be as follows: Source Sewer Trunk Fund Water Trunk Fund PIR Fund Amount $49,000 $ 5,000 $125,000 to $265,000 City Engineer Jankowski stated the consensus of the Public Works Committee was to direct staff to determine whether City Attorney Goodrich has the ability to act on behalf of the City as a realtor/broker, to refine the numbers included in the cost estimates, to proceed with the traffic analysis, and to present the information to Council for direction as quickly as possible. Councilmember Elvig stated one of the conditions for approving the project to the south was that this property would be negotiated as a first right of refusal. As that did not get done, there is a need to move forward with this. Councilmember Olson asked if anyone has checked to see if the house is still on the market. Mayor Gamec indicated the for-sale sign was still there yesterday. Councilmember Dehen stated he is concerned about buying up the property, one of the reasons being they do not know how the neighbors feel about this. Some of them may have bought into the situation as it is, and now the City will be changing things and potentially putting a road through there. He would like to hear from the neighbors about what they think about this proposal. As he understands, the lift station is not a significant cost to the City. Public Works Director Olson has indicated the cost to operate the lift is approximately $60 per month. City Engineer Jankowski advised there are also reliability issues with lift stations, and periodic maintenance. The lift stations are checked every day. Councilmember Dehen noted the cul-de-sac would be eliminated through this, and whoever owns the land north of 157thmay have been marketing that as a cul-de-sac. City Council / February 13, 2007 Page 22 of 25