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City of Corcoran
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-39
MOTION BY MEMBER: Lymangood
SECONDED BY MEMBER: Thomas
EXPRESSING INTENT FOR THE CITY OF CORCORAN TO SEEK COOPERATION
WITH THE CITY OF MEDINA TO EXTEND SANITARY SEWER AND WATER
UTILITIES TO SOUTHWEST CORCORAN
WHEREAS, The City of Corcoran completed a Comprehensive Plan update in December of
2002, and the Comprehensive Plan identifies development of 759 acres in Southwest Corcoran
between 2004 and 2020;
WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Plan identifies sanitary sewer and water service for Southwest
Corcoran from Medina and that phasing of utilities will be coordinated with adjacent
communities via a joint agreement;
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council reviewed the Comprehensive Plan and allocated capacity for
Southwest Corcoran in the Elm Creek Interceptor Extension to Medina which was recently
constructed;
WHEREAS, The City of Corcoran completed a draft report in October, 2004 entitled "Trunk
Highway 55 Infrastructure Study" to analyze the sanitary sewer and water needs of Loretto,
Northwest Medina, and Southwest Corcoran versus the capacity of existing infrastructure along
Trunk Highway 55;
WHEREAS, The Trunk Highway 55 Infrastructure Study identifies specific improvements to
meet the sanitary sewer and water needs of the study area;
WHEREAS, The Trunk Highway 55 Infrastructure Study was forwarded to the Metropolitan
Council in conjunction with Corcoran's Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan review;
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan was approved by the Metropolitan Council
in February of 2005;
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council Representatives including Roger Scherer, Robin Caufman,
and Don Bluhm attended the April 28, 2005 Corcoran Council Meeting, and stated that it is
feasible for Corcoran to design and construct a sanitary sewer force main from Southwest
Corcoran to Medina's Trunk Highway 55 sanitary sewer without necessitating a change in
Medina's Comprehensive Plan nor accelerating the development staging and timeframes set
forth in Medina's Comprehensive Plan;
WHEREAS, The City of Corcoran is currently engaged in further evaluating the cost of initial
sanitary sewer and water phases to serve Southwest Corcoran and methods to finance the
associated costs via development in Corcoran;
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WHEREAS, The continuation of Corcoran's planning efforts for sanitary sewer and water
extensions along Trunk Highway 55 will require a willing partnership between Medina's and
Corcoran's Councils and staffs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORCORAN, MINNESOTA, that the City of Corcoran is committed to, and seeks the City
of Medina's commitment to continuing an evaluation of the existing and future sanitary sewer
and water utilities to serve Southwest Corcoran as follows:
A committee of staff and possibly Council members will be formulated to evaluate the
merits and impacts of the project including, but not limited to, a project design and
phasing plan, the project financial plan, and methods to ensure no adverse impacts to the
Comprehensive Plans for each City.
2. The project financial plan will be structured with the intent that development in Corcoran
will fund all improvements in the initial extension of sanitary sewer and water to
Southwest Corcoran.
3. The project plan will meet the immediate needs defined by Corcoran's Comprehensive
Plan and not accelerate or adversely impact the long -term needs defined by Medina's
Comprehensive Plan
4. Upon successful completion of the project plan as determined by the committee and
respective City Councils, the cities intend to work towards the implementation of a joint
powers agreement.
VOTING AYE
• Cossette, Tom
• Grabowski, Chuck
X Jacobs, Paul
X Lymangood, Chuck
X Thomas, Ron
ATTEST:
VOTING NAY
Cossette, Tom _
Grabowski, Chuck _
Jacobs, Paul _
Lymangood, Chuck _
Thomas, Ron _
Whereupon, said Resolution is hereby declared passed.
Dated this 12`h day of May, 2005
Bea Lindberg, City Cl
Thomas Cossette, Mayor
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