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Pequot Lakes <br /> Hwy 371 Alternate Route <br /> Joint Committee of the City Council and Planning Commission <br /> June 5, 2007 <br /> This discussion tends to continue onto the issue of when these improvements, or <br /> similar ones, would eventually be constructed anyways due to growth in the area. <br /> An example might be continuing sanitary sewer and watermain to the south of <br /> the present Business Park. <br /> With the alternate route, we are talking about making sure that the sanitary sewer <br /> and watermain, or casing pipes for them, get installed under the alternate route <br /> for possible future expansion to the south. Wouldn't this have been done (albeit <br /> maybe without the casing pipes, which require no maintenance) sooner or later <br /> due to growth in the area? So, is this really a long-term cost to the City to <br /> accommodate the alternate route or a long-term cost to the City that they <br /> eventually would have had to pay for whether or not the highway was improved? <br /> The alternate route will involve various increased sanitary sewer and watermain <br /> improvements— maybe, at least initially, a little less than the through-town route. <br /> But over the long-term, it would probably be a wash between the two routes. <br /> Looking at the maps/layouts to date, one can see that the alternate route will not <br /> involve the same length of new service roads as the through town route. <br /> However, we mentioned earlier that there might be some turn backs from the <br /> County to the City with the alternate route. This would add new streets to be <br /> maintained by the City. We have not calculated the exact footages for the <br /> alternate route (nor the through town route), but over the long-term, it appears to <br /> be almost a wash between the two routes. <br /> To answer the question of what are the long-term costs to the City to construct <br /> and maintain future infrastructure to accommodate an alternate route, we believe <br /> constructing and maintaining future infrastructure is going to be a City cost (that <br /> will be paid for by growth and increased tax base) whether or not an alternate <br /> route needs to be accommodated. <br /> Hi ................. <br /> Page 5 of 5 <br /> CADocuments and Settings\dawnbTocal SettingsUemporary Internet Files\OLK13D\060507-Joint <br /> Council and PZ-doc <br />