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Item 7.4. Howard R, Green Oompany QONSULTING ENGINEERS July al, i~000 File: 606550J-0060 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: 175TM AVENUE IMPROVEMENT STATUS UPDATE CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA Dear Council Members: At your June 26, 2000, City Council meeting, a preliminary discussion was held regarding 175th Avenue improvements. City Council direction at that meeting was to keep the project moving and be ready to construct the improvements in 2001. In order to stay on this schedule, we need some further direction from the City Council as to what the project should include and how the project should be assessed, if at all. First, here is a brief update on the status of the project. As you are aware, this project is scheduled for a federal TEA-21 grant. The paperwork necessary to receive the grant has been completed, submitted, reviewed, and comments have been received from Mn/DOT. Those comments have been acted upon, and the revised documents are now at Mn/DOT for final review. In order to construct the improvements, additional right-of-way is necessary. 175th Avenue is an old township road with no documented right-of-way. When we have done previous projects, such as Fillmore Street to the east, we have assumed a prescriptive rights for a portion of the right-of-way. We are proceeding along the same lines with this project; however, there is still additional right-of-way outside of the prescriptive rights that would be necessary for the overall improvements. A total of 17 parcels have been identified from which the City will need to acquire small strips of land. At this point, the necessary land acquisition has been identified, and legal descriptions have been written, but none of the property owners have been approached. Finally, preliminary plans are approximately 70% complete. All topographic survey is done. Preliminary layouts for sanitary sewer and water, whether installed initially or at a later date, have been established, along with center line grades and cross section for the street. Ultimately, the 175th Avenue corridor will include a rural design roadway, approximately 40 feet wide which will have one lane in each direction and wide shoulders. There will be enough right- of-way for a detached pathway on the north side. Drainage improvements will include those typically found with a rural road design, that being roadside ditches, driveway culverts, and perhaps cross culverts under the roadway. Trunk watermain and sanitary sewer will be needed down the corridor to serve the property on the north side of 175th Avenue which is in the urban service district. Ltr-071900-Mayor and Councill-175th.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 6511644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 8881368-4389