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rights and that in reality, he only has approximately one acre of land which should be purchased. I am looking for a discussion with the City Council on how you would like me to proceed with the negotiation with Mr. Schubert. 3. As an update, I wanted to inform the City Council that we have been working with Sherburne County Highway Department regarding the design of the roadway on County Highway 40 from CSAH 13 to just south of the main entrance to the River Park development. We have concluded that this portion of County Road 40 should be designed as an urban section three lanes wide, with a center left turn lane. This will provide a reasonable length left turn lane for school buses and other traffic coming in the morning and leaving the school sites in the afternoon. The change in design to an urban section requires that the City participate in funding for a portion of these improvements including the curb and gutter and storm sewer. Sherburne County has prepared a preliminary cost estimate that indicates the City's cost would be in the $85,000 - $100,000 range. 4 . We have been working with the County design team relative to the pedestrian underpass near the location of the main entrance to River Park and the school site. Unfortunately, it does not appear that an underpass will be feasible. After the County has set a preliminary street grade, we evaluated the soil borings and water table depth versus the required size of a concrete underpass. The normal water table in this area would be 3 - 5 feet above the invert of the underpass. This is too much to raise the road in this area to allow for this underpass. It appears that the only way to get a separated pedestrian crossing in this area is to install an overpass structure at some point in time. 5. The County has agreed to include a detached bituminous trail 10 feet in width along the west side wherever possible. In areas where it will require more land acquisition for temporary grading to construct the trail, we have directed the County not to include the trail. We will provide for it during the development of the adjacent property. At this point in time we are not completely sure of how much of the roadway will trail have along the west side. Weare waiting for the 80 percent draft plans to be completed to further evaluate it. Financial Impact The financial impact of these items include the purchase of the Schubert parcel of land acquisition in the amount of approximately $85,000; the funding of the urban portion of County Highway 40 in the amount of $85,000 - $100,000; and the additional requested improvements included in the County Highway 40 project such as detached trail or watermain improvements. The dollar amount for these are undetermined. Attachments · Draft Agreement for the Improvement of County Highway 40 · Schubert portion of the County Highway 40 plat · Summary of the Schubert parcel acreage · Minnesota Development Agency letter to Mr. Schubert S:\EngineerImprovProj\2006 Improvement Projects\County Highway 40\022106 cc memo.doc