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Memo to Mayor and City Council/P 00-18 January 16, 2000 Page 4 in his attached memo that there are also public safety concerns regarding turning Dodge Street into a cul de sac. Dodge Street and 196th Lane will provide the only ingress and egress to and from the plat. 196th Lane is presently constructed to the east property line adjacent to Menards. There will be six new cul-de-sacs, in part due to the rolling terrain and wetlands. Snow storage easements will be required in each cul-de-sac as has been required in other developments. Sidewalks Sidewalks will be constructed along the north side of 195th Ave, the east side of Dodge St. and on the north side of 196th Lane to provide a pedestrian circulation loop that connects the park to the commercial area along Highway 169. The Commission and some of the public had requested that a sidewalk be added along Dodge Street to 193rd. Parks and Trails The proposed Park, Outlot D, is 4.27 acres in size of which about half is wetland, utility easement or steep slope. A 60-foot wide powerline easement crosses the Park in a north-south direction and a watermain easement crosses the park in an east-west direction. A play structure, tennis court and basketball court are proposed amenities for the park. Staff has provided a landscape plan that identifies screening of the backyard of existing homes. Outlots B and C, the 240 feet wide Northern States Power power line corridor combined are 9.16 acres in size and will be used as a trail corridor linking the Hillside 5th Addition Park, the new Hillside 8th Addition Park to 195th Circle and 196th Lane. The trail will be a 10 foot bituminous trail with a gradient of 8%, which will require grading in the utility corridor. Outlot B is too steep for a bituminous trail, but may include a woodchip trail at a later date if the Park and Recreation Commission determines that the amount of foot traffic warrants one. To construct a woodchip trail, an easement will be required across the commercial lot west of the plat. Together, the park and trail/utility corridor encompass 13.43 acres and have adequate road frontage and enough flat area for the proposed amenities. The attached Exhibit B, Hillside Park and Trail Plan, shows the trail and park connections and proposed landscaping of the proposed Hillside 8th Park. Park and Recreation Commission The Park and Recreation Commission recommended that the Planning Commission and Council accept the Park for park dedication, excluding the power corridor, steep slopes and wetland from full dedication credit as required by the Subdivision Ordinance. Also, that the remaining Park Dedication requirements be accepted as a cash dedication in lieu of land. The developer will install the trail as part of the public improvements and will be reimbursed from the trail fund as required by City Ordinance. The Park and Recreation Commission recommended the proposed location for park for Hillside Estates 8th because it was centrally located and would better serve the residents of the entire Hillside Estates development, it is in a relatively level area, and would not require the removal of any trees in order to install improvements. There have been several comments about placing the park behind Menards. The placement of the park s:\planning\scottkpO018cc.doc