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Memo TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: March 17, 2011 RE: Dianna Lane Assessment Hearing ULURIN6 RSSO(I41TS There a few items that staff would like to provide some additional information to the City Council prior to the Dianna Lane assessment hearing on March 23r at 6:30. These issues are related to assessments and design considerations that may come up at the meeting. 2345 Arcade Street Assessment The first issue is the proposed assessment for 2345 Arcade Street. This lot currently has triple frontage with driveway access to County Road 82 and side yard frontage on Arcade Street to the east and Dianna Lane to the west. As outlined in the City's assessment policy a triple frontage residential lot will be assessed 100% on the side of primary driveway access, 20% on one side and the third side will not be assessed. Arcade Street is a County Road and will likely never receive an assessment, therefore it was determined that the Dianna Lane side should receive the 20% assessment according to the policy, What makes the situation unique is that prior to the Gervais Shores Development the lot was only a corner lot with double frontage on County Road B2 and Arcade and there is a retaining wall along Dianna Lane that makes access from the street more difficult than normal. There is a lot (355 Demont) where a wall exists between a side yard property line and the street making access more difficult from the street to the side yard. That property did receive a 20% assessment for the side yard frontage. Based on the City's current assessment policy and findings of our review, staff is recommending a 20% frontage assessment to the property. Surmountable curb at 2425 Dianna Lane Based on the input of a majority of residents at the public hearing, barrier concrete curb and gutter is proposed on Dianna Lane. The property owners at 2425 Dianna Lane have expressed the opinion that if a surmountable curb is not installed along their property, their access and use of the property will be negatively impacted. Therefore, they have requested surmountable curb be installed along their property. Their request stems from the fact that they clean and /or park their boat with an inboard motor in the boulevard area along the street during certain times of the year. The extent or duration of the parking time has not been expressed, but they have been adamant that the boat cannot be backed up through the driveway opening because of the steep driveway grades. They also feel that it would not be possible to back the boat over a barrier curb even with ramping and therefore feel that surmountable curb should be installed along 10062 Flanders Court NE Blaine, MN 55449 Ph: (763) 780 -0450 Fax (763) 780 -0452 Memo-031711 -CC (Dianna Assessments) 2