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10062 Flanders Court NE – Blaine, MN 55449 – Ph: (763) 780-0450 Fax (763) 780-0452 Memo-051017-CC (Driveway Approach Curb).doc Memo TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: May 10, 2017 RE: Vanderbie Street Rehabilitation Driveway Approach Modifications As the Council is aware the City has been completing street rehabilitation projects in the form of mill and overlays and/or reclamation and paving projects on existing urban streets as part of its street maintenance program for many years. These projects have always included the replacement of damaged or severely settled curb and gutter to improve and maintain drainage, but a majority of the curb is left in place. However, there have been a few occasions where the replacement of curb and gutter in front of driveways has been completed due to resident complaints of rough or abrupt access. The first instance of driveway curb replacement was in 2010 on Ontario Road where some residents voiced complaints about aggressive mountable driveway access while others did not. In that instance a “Driveway Replacement Form” (see attached) was sent out to all property owners and individual property owners could elect to have their driveway access modified. By requesting this work the property owner agreed to pay for 50% of the curb replacement cost and 100% of associated driveway replacement costs. Last year’s project included Aspen Circle, Morrison Street, and Demont Avenue, which had some of the most aggressive mountable curb in the City. The aggressive and/or poor driveway access was a concern of a majority of the residents in these neighborhoods. Due to the aggressive nature of the accesses and the history behind their construction the City Council approved correction of all driveway accesses along the streets as part of the project and those costs were not assessed. Vanderbie Street is unique in that it was improved to an urban section when all but the middle west section of the street was developed. Therefore, barrier curb with driveway depressions was used along a majority of the roadway, but mountable curb was used along 9 lots in the middle of the street on the west side that were not developed at the time. None of these 9 properties have expressed any concern with their access or a desire to have these approaches improved so the current plans and proposed assessments do not include any costs for this work. However, given that the City has done access work on some rehabilitation projects in the past Staff felt it would be beneficial to describe this scenario to the City Council prior to the work being completed to determine if these properties should be approached regarding their access. 31