4473 Oak Chase Lane - Neighborhood Street Light
To: John Sater
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:00 PM
Subject: RE: Oak Chase Road/Oak Chase Lane (North) Neighborhood Street Light Installation
Mr. Sater,
Thank you for the email and the opportunity to respond.
While I understand that the cost of a street light, and the associated quarterly fees, can be a burden to property
owners, I hope you will consider the City's history and policy regarding street lights.
All other similar neighborhood lights throughout the City have been paid for by nearby residents, or property owners, in
one of two ways:
• directly through City installation and special assessment of benefiting properties, or
• indirectly through installation by the developer with initial development, and the cost of installation paid
through an increased price for property at time of sale.
For the City to pay for the installation of this light would not be consistent with the installation of all other
neighborhood lights, and the City's long-standing development and special assessment policy. It also wouldn't be fair to
those homeowners who have already paid for whatever streetlights they have to now require them to help pay for
other neighborhoods through increased taxes.
Please also understand that there are on-going costs to provide street lights, similar to providing other utilities such as
water and sewer. The quarterly fee (currently $5.59) covers the City's costs for energy and maintenance of the lights
only, and is not an excess revenue generator.
Thanks again for your email. Please let me know if you have any questions on the City's policy or anything else on this
matter.
John Gorder, P.E.
Assistant City Engineer
City of Eagan
Phone: 651-675-5645
Fax: 651-675-5694
jgorder@cityofeagan.com
From: John Sater [mailto:jlsater@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 2:11 PM
To: John Gorder
Cc: spariseau@dakotaelectric.com
Subject: Oak Chase Road/Oak Chase Lane (North) Neighborhood Street Light Installation
Dear Mr. Gorder,
The petitioners for the subject street light have decided NOT to proceed with the privately funded street light. We believe
that it is the responsibility of the City of Eagan to both pay for the installation and to pay for the power consumption via
the Community Street Lights - Residential charge which we already pay on our Quarterly City of Eagan Utility Bill. To be
asked to not only pay for the street light itself but to also pay an additional quarterly fee of $5.59 (subject to annual
increase) is simply unacceptable.
This light is a necessary public safety issue that benefits the entire community just as much as the other street lights that
are present throughout Eagan but were not installed at this intersection. The individual properties in the vicinity of the
proposed light do not receive any special "benefits" just because it is in our neighborhood since it does not provide any
special lighting for the individual properties whatsoever.
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Rather, it is a public safety issue for all of the automobiles, bicyclists, joggers, dog-walkers, and school children who
regularly pass by the intersections of Oak Chase Way (North) and Oak Chase. Lane (North) after dark. From the
intersection of Oak Chase Road/Wilderness Road to the intersection of Oak Chase Lane (South)/Oak Chase Road there
is total darkness. This provides a dangerous situation at the intersections of Oak Chase Lane (North) and Oak Chase
Way (North) which is ripe for serious accidents, for which the City may be held liable for not providing adequate street
lighting. Last year a deer was struck and killed at the Oak Chase Lane (North) intersection and it could well have been a
pedestrian.
Because we believe the subject street light is essential to public safety, the petitioners request that the subject street light
be installed and paid for by the City of Eagan without any additional quarterly fee assessed to the neighborhood.
Sincerely,
John C. Sater
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John Gorder
From: Pariseau, Sue [SPariseau@dakotaelectric.com]
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:12 PM
To: John Gorder
Subject: Oak Chase
Attachments: oak chase light.pdf
John,
Dakota Electric's anticipated cost to install a street light at the northern intersection of Oak Chase Lane and Oak Chase
Road in the 2012 construction season will be $903.39. If the residents would like to proceed with this installation,
please let me know, and we'll send an invoice to the responsible party. Upon payment of that invoice, we'll install the
street light. It is my understanding the ongoing energy and maintenance costs of this light would be paid by the City.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Sue Pariseau
Land Use Project Manager
Dakota Electric Association
651-463-6373 (direct)
651-463-6107 (fax)
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FOR CITY USE ONLY
Project No.
Clfy of E3e'1ga11 Date Received
Presented to Council
PETITION
LOCATION/SUBDIVISION ~i (fr7 A5
I We, the undersigned, owners of the real property adjacent to Oeek (fAgse anC Ao
(Street) or within Subdivision,
hereby petition for:
Street Improvements
Sanitary Sewer (Check requested items and
Water Supply please enclose sketch of
Storm Sewer requested improvements)
Street Lights
Other (Explain) a 'o
I/We understand that this petition does not in itself request the installation of these improvements but, rather,
request the preparation of a feasibility report in which the estimated costs of these improvements will be
tabulated. I/We understand that upon receipt of this petition and the preparation of the requested feasibility
report, a public hearing will be held at which time we may voice our support or opposition based on the costs
as prepared in said feasibility report.
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Tim Plath
From: Holly Kimani
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:35 AM
To: Tim Plath
Subject: 4473 Oakchase Lane
Hi Tim,
The property at 4473 Oakchase Lane is not getting charged for neighborhood streetlights. They are only getting charged
for community streetlights (which are the ones that everyone in the city is charged for.)
Holly Kimani ( Utility Billing/Special Assessments I City of Eagan
City of Eagan 13830 Pilot Knob Road I Eagan, MN 55122 1651-675-5029 1651-675-5012 (Fax) I hkimani()citvofeagan.com
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