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CONSULTING ENGINEERS File: 230-302-11 1326 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, MN 55108 612-644-4389 1-800-888-2923 Fax: 612-644-9446 Mr. Steve Ach City Planner City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330 RE: MENARDS GRADING AND UTILITY PLAN Dear Mr. Ach: CIVIL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL MUNICIPAL PLANNING SOLID WASTE STRUCTURAL SURVEYING TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: HVAC POWER DISTRIBUTION SCADA SYSTEM CONTROLS We have now received the grading plan and utility plan for the proposed Menards facility to be located in Hillside Crossing II addition. As you recall, when this item was before the Planning Commission, we had not received either of these plan sheets. Having had an opportunity to review the utility plan and to coordinate the easement needs with the surveyor preparing the final plat for Hillside Crossing II, we find that the Menards site utility plan is in accordance with the approved utility plan for the entire plat. The one comment we would have is that the Menards utility plan indicates a 12-inch watermain both in front of and behind the proposed facility. The approved utility plan for the Hillside Crossing II developmem showed a 12-inch watermain in from of the Menards Store and a smaller diameter watermain looping around the rear of the facility. We assume that the 12-inch indicated behind the Menards facility is an error, and we will proceed assuming that it will be of a smaller diameter. The grading plan fro the Menards site is in accordance with the overall grading plan for the Hillside Crossing II development, with a couple of minor exceptions. One of these areas in question is the extreme northeast corner of the site. The Menards grading plan shows elevations in this location approximately 11/2 feet lower than the approved grading plan indicated for the street just north of this area. If the grades inside the Menards yard cannot be raised at all, this would indicate that approximately 11/2 feet of fill material will be retained on the north side of the fence around their yard. The street itself in this area north of their site cannot be lowered down to the proposed elevation inside their fence due to the topography of the remainder of the Hillside development further to the east and north. OFFICES IN: MINNEAPOLIS PRIOR LAKE ST. PAUL WASECA The other area in question is the northwest corner of their site. The overall grading plan for the development had the contours wrapping around their parking lot along the right-of- way line to match the street. Their proposed grading plan shows them running directly An Equal Opportunity Employer