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<br /> <br />tl <br /> <br />r) <br /> <br />Howard R. Green Company. <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> <br />September 22, 1999 <br />File: 808330-0240 <br /> <br />Mr. Scott Harlicker <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />RE: WAL-MART SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Harlicker: <br /> <br />As you requested, we have reviewed the site development plans for the proposed Wal-Mart to <br />be located in Elk River Crossing Addition. Based on our review, comments received at the staff <br />review meeting and a discussion with the developer's engineer, we would offer the following <br />comments. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. The grading plan shows grading on the Wal-Mart site only. I discussed this with the <br />developer's engineer, he indicated that the way the agreements are written, Wal-Mart is <br />responsible for all grading inside their lot boundary and the developer is responsible for all <br />grading outside of the Wal-Mart site. This presents a possible timing problem, since <br />obviously we cannot allow a pond to only be partially constructed. The developers should <br />provide reassurance to the City that these ponds will be built in their entirety by the <br />combination of the Wal-Mart mass grading and the Elk River Crossing mass grading and <br />that this construction will occur in a timely fashion so that the ponds are fully constructed <br />when they are needed. <br /> <br />2. The plan shows the width of the parking stalls to be 9.5-feet, this is also slightly larger than <br />the City requirement of 9-feet. <br /> <br />3. I have discussed with the developer's engineer, the peak traffic exiting the site. The two <br />access points are shown to be approximately 25-feet wide. This would allow for one lane of <br />traffic into the site and one lane of traffic out of the site. We discussed whether or not there <br />are peak traffic times when a three-lane design would work better with one lane entering the <br />site and two lanes exiting the site allowing for a right turn and left turn lane. The developer's <br />engineer assured me that Wal-Mart does not see these types of peak flow and one lane <br />exiting the site at each location would be sufficient. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />O:\PROJ\808330\0240\330-1502.sept99.doc <br /> <br />1326 Energy Park Drive. St. Paul, MN 55108 . 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 <br /> <br />