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Howard R, Green Gompany QONSULTING ENGINEERS June 11, 1997 File: 230-347-20 IT~ 6.10. CON~II,TING I~iNI;INEER~ Formerly MSA Consulting Engineers Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330 RE: TRUNK HIGHWAY 169 FENCING IMPROVEMENT Dear Council Members: We have now completed the plans and specifications for the fencing of the Trunk Highway 169 corridor from Main Street to 193rd Avenue. In completing this set of plans, we have discussed the improvement with Gary Dirlam, the MnDOT District 3 Traffic Engineer, and have actually walked the site with Roger Busch, MnDOT Maintenance Engineering Specialist. Our plans and specifications propose a 6-foot high chain link fence. With the exception of three locations, the fence will be placed one foot inside the highway right-of-way. The three exceptions to this location are, first, along Dodge Avenue where the street is relatively close to the MnDOT right-of-way. In this location, the fence will be moved 12 feet inside the highway right-of-way. This will allow sufficient area for snow plowing and snow storage off the City street without damage to the fence. The second location is along the Automall, Pizza Hut, and SuperAmerica on the west side of Highway 169, just north of Main Street. In this location, we will propose that the fence be located 30 feet off of the highway right-of-way line. Because the highway right-of-way is at the top of the berm along the Automall, moving the fence 30 feet into the right-of-way will give the perception from the Automall that the fence is only three feet high. We have also visually checked the impact of the fence to the sign banner on this building, and find that at this location it will not obstruct the site lines to the building signs. The third location is the large wetland just south of Rick Foster's office. Here the fence will follow the edge of the water. We have indicated to MnDOT that along the Automall area the City would agree to take care of maintenance of the highway right-of-way behind the fence. Basically, this would consist of cutting the grass. We have also indicated to J. R. of J. R. Tech that the City would require that business owners, in turn, agree to do this maintenance. We have reviewed these fence locations with J. R. of J. R. Tech and with Gary Santwire. In all other areas, due to the location one foot off of the right-of-way line, there will be a significant number of trees that need to be trimmed, and in the area on the east side of Highway 169, south of 5th Street, a row of trees in the highway right-of-way will need to be removed in order to install the fence. We have reviewed the situation with Roger Busch and he has made the decision that 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 ° 612/644-4389 fax 612/644-9446 toll free 800/888-2923