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Howard R. Green Company <br />Project No. 822530-0030 <br /> <br /> Feasibility Study <br />Yankton Street Road Improvements <br /> Elk River, MN <br /> <br />Once the relationship between the existing road and the existing right-of-way <br />is determined there are two options for reestablishing the road within the <br />right-of-way. One option would be building the new road within the existing <br />right of way the other would be centering a new right-of-way on the existing <br />road. <br /> <br />The preliminary survey indicates that building a new 24-foot wide road within <br />the existing right-of-way could have significant negative impacts on some of <br />the front yards on the east side of Yankton Street and some of the backwards <br />on the west side of Yankton Street. <br /> <br />These impacts could include: <br /> <br />1. Moving the road closer to the houses. <br />2. Removing large trees that provide a visual barrier between the road and <br /> the houses. <br />3. Removing landscaping near the ro~ <br />4. Removal of a well. <br />5. Removal of driveways. <br />6. Removal a building <br /> <br />Reestablishing the <br />intrusive to the yards <br /> <br /> red on the existing road would be less <br />:ies abutting Yankton Street. <br /> <br />This report assum~ ~e property owners on Yankton Street would <br />donate the new to the City, and therefore the expense of <br />establishing a new right-of-way would primarily be for surveying and <br />describing easement documents. <br /> <br />There appears to be a wetland on the west side of Yankton Street just north <br />of 187th Avenue (Exhibit 2). If this project goes forward, the City will need to <br />have this area delineated to determine if it is classified as a wetland. <br />Widening of Yankton Street would require that some of this area be filled in. <br />Construction projects, which involve filling in of wetlands, require review by <br />the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP). The result of this permitting process <br />will determine whether the wetland can be filled and what mitigation <br />measures will be required. <br /> <br />Co <br /> <br />Widening of the road and upgrading the drainage ditch on the west Side of <br />Yankton Street to urban standards would require obtaining additional right-of- <br />way and easements for the storm water runoff system and the cul-de-sac. <br /> <br />Approximately 36 individual trees along Yankton Street, plus approximately <br />% acres of trees and brush will need to be removed in order to grade and <br />build the new road and accommodate the storm sewer in the alley right-of- <br />way. This will have a significant effect on the landscaping and change the <br />overall "look" of Yankton Street. <br /> <br /> <br />