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CONSULTING R~G1NEERS e 13t6 Energy ParIi Drive St. Paul. }I~ 55108-520"2 61t-614-4389 e Fax: 6It-~H-9446 9SOO SbeIanI Parkll'ilY, Ste. 100 Minneapolis, UN 55441.6451 G1H4U432 Fa.!: 612.544.6.398 October 11, 1993 File: 230-159-30 Mr. Pat Klaers City Administrator City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: BELL nRIVEWA Y ON FRESNO STREET Dear Mr. Klaers: As requested by Council Member Holmgren, I have contacted Paul Bell, who lives at the north end of Fresno Street, concerning the status of his driveway. As you recall, at the Assessment Hearing Mr. Bell raised issues as to the increase in grade in his driveway after construction versus the condition it was in prior to construction. Due to the lack of storm drainage in the whole Orono Lake 3rd Addition, the grade of Fresno Street was dropped to facilitate drainage on Fresno and the side streets when they are reconstructed. This caused us to increase the slope slightly on some of the driveways. Mr. Bell's driveway appears to be about the worst in the area where a relatively flat driveway prior to construction now has a grade of approximately 6 % for the first 15 to 20 feet. The remainder of the driveway is currently flat and is not impacted by construction. As you are aware, the City's ordinance strives to keep all driveways under 10% grade. Six percent falls well within this range. In discussing this issue with Mr. Bell, he feels that the condition of his driveway is unacceptable, primarily because he states that he can no longer back his boat into the driveway without worrying about the motor hitting the ground. He would like the City to reconstruct his driveway from his garage slab all the way to the street. This would provide for one uniform grade along the entire length of the driveway which would average out the maximum of 6% and the minimum of a virtually flat driveway, probably providing a driveway somewhere in the 2 % to 4 % grade. I indicated to Mr. Bell that I would present his request back through City Hall and look for direction as to how to proceed. We clearly could replace his driveway as part of the construction since the contractor has additional work to do on the driveways in the spring of 1994. However, I feel that I need direction from City Council to expend monies to redo the driveway since the way that we have restored the driveway already is the same as we have used on all projects in existing areas. To spend additional money to redo the entire driveway would be above and beyond anything we have done on other properties.