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Howard R, Green Qompany May 7, 2001 File: 801635J-0325 Ms. Michele McPherson Director of Planning. City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: HILLSIDE PARK DRIVEWAY ISSUES Dear Ms. McPherson: A couple of weeks ago, Mayor Klinzing asked me to investigate the likelihood of building a public street into Hillside Park. The street would access CSAH 12 immediately south of the entrance to Trott Brook Farms. Based on an aedal photo of the area, Mayor Klinzing thought the street would be approximately 450 feet long. This would be in lieu of the proposed relocated private driveway in the corner of the park area. The thought with the street versus the private driveway is that the street would potentially provide a flatter, safer access point for the three residential properties that would use it. Mayor Klinzing had discussed this issue with County Commissioner Engstrom and believes that the County may pay for the construction of the street, with the City ultimately taking over maintenance and operations responsibility. I met with County Engineer Dave Schwarting last Tuesday, May 1, 2001, to discuss the funding of this potential City street. Mr. Schwarting indicated that, without County Board direction, the maximum that he could participate for construction of the street, would be the odginal bid amount for the ddveway realignment through Hillside Park. Based on the bid for the CSAH 12 work, we have estimated the construction cost of the original driveway realignment at approximately $11,000. It is difficult to accurately estimate the construction cost of the potential public street alignment due to the fact that no topography was taken to determine the amount of clearing/grubbing and grading, so these items have been estimated. Based on our estimate of the area, the construction cost to construct a 450-foot public street would be approximately $85,000. However, since the County has already paid to design the original driveway layout, I believe the City would incur some overhead cost for the preliminary survey, design, and possibly field services. I have estimated those costs at 15%, for a total cost of $97,750. In addition, approximately 350 feet of ddveway construction out of the cul-de-sac would still be needed. The original realigned ddveway that was bid with the CSAH 12 project is a total length of 500 feet. Using simple proportions, of the estimated $11,000 construction cost for driveway realignment, about $3,500 would be saved with the shorter 350-foot driveway. This cost could be assumed O:V~ROJ~801635j~0325~tr 05-07-01 McPherson.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389