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Mr. Pat Klaers <br />October 31, 1997 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />3. Concrete Curb and Gutter (New) <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Sherburne County's draft policy proposes zero percent participation in the construction <br />of new concrete curb and gutter. We would suggest that this should be set at 50% <br />participation. We base this on the fact that the survey provided by Dave Schwarting <br />indicates that has been the typical practice in Sherburne County, as well as the practice <br />in Scott and Washington Counties. It is also the practice to participate in concrete curb <br />and gutter in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. We believe that when looking at the <br />participation and items that are definitely more urban in nature, the policy must be set by <br />looking to the more urban counties. <br /> <br />Driveways (New) <br /> <br />Sherburne County proposes zero participation in the construction of new driveways We <br />are not sure what is meant by new driveways, but we could envision a situation where <br />the property may be developing adjacent to a county road construction project. We <br />would hope that the policy would allow for 100% participation in the basic construction of <br />the driveway opening such as providing the driveway apron or lowering the curb in the <br />case of concrete curb and gutter. <br /> <br />Fencing (New) <br /> <br />The draft policy indicates there will be zero participation in new fencing. We cannot <br />envision a situation where the City would be requesting fencing along a county road. <br />This seems to be a reasonable position for the County policy to take. <br /> <br />Intersecting Streets (New) <br /> <br />Again, as with the driveways, we are not sure what a new intersecting street is versus a <br />replacement. We would hope, again, that if a developing area adjacent to a county <br />reconstruction project can identify the street locations, provisions would be made to, at a <br />minimum, allow for new curb openings or the radii to be poured, and that would be <br />100% funded by the County. <br /> <br />Landscaping (New) <br /> <br />The draft County participation policy indicates zero percent funding of new landscaping. <br />However, it does indicate 100% funding of replacement landscaping. It is worth pointing <br />out that this does not include seeding or sodding, which are covered later. We believe <br />that this is a reasonable position for the County to take. If the City would request <br />landscaping on a new county road, we would assume that it would be in conjunction with <br />some type of development, in which case the developer would be asked to pay. <br />Replacement landscaping, we assume, would be items that have to be removed by <br />street construction and would be replaced new at the County's cost. <br /> <br />\\ElkriverXsys\S HRDOC\COUNCIL\000-3101 .DOC <br /> <br /> <br />