City of Lake Elmo, MN

PROJECT CONTACTS: If you have any questions or concerns about this project please contact the City of Lake Elmo Engineering staff.

• Jack Griffin, City Engineer                 651.300.4264              jack.griffin@FOCUSengineeringinc.com
• Mark Scholle, Project Engineer      612.405.7751              Mark.Scholle@FOCUSengineeringinc.com

PROJECT UPDATES: Updates will be placed on this website when new information becomes available.

• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Grant Agreement was approved on October 1, 2029.
• City Council initiated project design on October 15, 2019.
• City Council accepted the feasibility report on November 19, 2019.
• A property owner meeting will be held on December 11, 2019 at 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers to provide information about the findings and recommendations from the feasibility report.
• A Public Improvement Hearing will be held at the December 17, 2019 City Council Meeting to consider adopting the preliminary assessment roll and ordering the improvements.
• City Council accepted bids and awarded the contract to A-1 Excavating, Inc. on May 5, 2020
• The project engineer held a virtual neighborhood meeting on June, 3 2020.
• The City issued the Order to Proceed to A-1 Excavating on June 10, 2020.
• The contractor intends to begin work on June 15, 2020.

SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS:  The Stonegate Addition Street and Utility Improvement project will extend municipal water into the Stonegate 1st and 2nd Additions to provide clean drinking water to each of the 65 homes. The work will be completed prior to reclaiming the streets in the Stonegate 2nd Addition as part of the 2020 street Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). As part of the Grant Agreement with the MPCA, all households in the development, regardless of Health Based Values (HBVs), are required to connect to city water and to have the private wells properly sealed and abandoned, unless exempted by the MPCA as a monitoring well, within one year after water service is made available and following written notice from the city to connect.

The project will extend the public watermain from the adjacent Inwood development along 10th Street North, then along the public streets and making a looped watermain connection to the adjacent Savona development. The watermain will be installed through directional drilling to reduce surface impacts throughout both neighborhoods using 14-inch and 10-inch HPDE pipe. The watermain will be placed along the sodded boulevard in the Stonegate 1st Addition to minimize impacts to the recently reconstructed streets, and underneath the paved surfaces for the streets in the Stonegate 2nd Addition. Individual water service stubs will be installed to the edge of right-of-way at each of the 65 residential properties.

Following the watermain installation the Stonegate 2nd Addition streets, including Jewel Avenue North, Julep Avenue North, and Julep Court North, will be reclaimed with the installation of drain tile for subsurface drainage and new concrete curb and gutter. This improvement will provide a new bituminous surface supported by a renewed 8-inch recycled aggregate base. The proposed project will keep the streets and cul-de-sacs at the existing centerline and pavement areas to limit or minimize the construction grading and drainage impacts to adjacent properties. The storm sewer system and existing catch basins will be investigated as part of the project design and storm sewer repairs, replacement and improvements will be incorporated into the project as deemed necessary.

PROJECT FUNDING:  The total estimated project cost is $4,284,300. The improvements will be funded through a grant from the MPCA under the 2018 3M Settlement Agreement as an expedited project, and in accordance with the MPCA-Lake Elmo Grant Agreement dated October 2, 2019.

The City will contract for the public improvements located within the public right-of-way, make payment to the contractors and submit invoices for reimbursement through the MPCA Grant. The City intends to use fund reserves for the public improvements to pay the up-front project costs and to cover any city cost participation.

The private water service connection and well sealing work will be contracted separately by each individual property owner. Eligible private property costs will be paid from the MPCA Grant on a reimbursement basis through the city. This reimbursement applies to the contractor costs to install the water service line from the right-of-way to the home connection, the costs to abandon the private well(s) on the property, and all permit fees including a $3,000 Water Availability Charge (WAC), a $1,000 Water Connection Charge, a $1,040 Meter Fee, and a $61 Plumbing Permit Fee. If the property currently has a granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment system, the removal of the system from the home will also be reimbursed.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS: Preliminary assessments have been established in the feasibility report which has been adopted by Council. The preliminary assessment rolls are available at the link at the bottom of the page and details each impacted property. These amounts are based on estimated project costs and are not final. Upon completion of the project and the one-year period to make connection to city water and abandon your private well, the final assessment hearing will be held and the Council will consider the adoption of final assessment amounts. Properties that have made connection to city water and abandoned the private well will have their assessment removed.

Please see the Feasibility report dated November 2019 for additional information on assessments.

• Preliminary assessment for Public Watermain Improvements. $38,200. Assessment is payable over 20 years at an interest rate of 1% over what the city bond rate.
• Preliminary assessment for Stonegate 2nd Addition Street and Storm Sewer Improvements. $7,300. Assessment is payable over 15 years at an interest rate of 1% over what the city bond rate.

ATTACHMENTS

• Click here to view the project location map.
• Click here for a copy of the full project Feasibility Report.
• Click here to view the project Preliminary Assessment Roll.
• Click here to view the project schedule.
• Click here to view the MPCA Notice regarding private wells and the 3M Settlement.
• Click here to view the December 11, 2019 neighborhood presentation and the December 17, 2019 City Council presentation.
• Click here to view the mailed notice of construction.
• Click here to view the 2020-06-19 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-06-23 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-07-01 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-07-09 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-07-15 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-07-21 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-07-28 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-08-06 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-08-11 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-08-19 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-08-28 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-09-03 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-09-11 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-09-18 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-10-20 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2020-12-16 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2021-08-13 Construction Update.
• Click here to view the 2021-08-23 Construction Update.