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£U U IIIG ASSOCIATES Memo IMU6 tlllMTM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: May 8, 2008 RE: Condit Street Reconstruction Update As requested at the public hearing on April 28th we reviewed the possibility of adjusting the street horizontally in the existing right -of -way to allow protecting of all the trees on the Zoch property. Two options were reviewed and exhibits of both are attached to this memo. The proposed curb line for each option is shown as solid red lines and the existing road rights -of -way are the green double skip lines. The "daylight lines ", the point at which our new grading would match the existing grade, are shown as a dashed purple line on the 28 -foot option and a dashed red line on the 24 -foot option. Below is a summary of our findings on both alignments. 28 -foot wide urban section • Alignment would protect all the trees on the Zoch's property • Impacts to the trees to the east of the street, • Street width would allow for some on- street parking. • The boulevard on the east side of Condit would be less than 1 -foot along Zoch's property. 24 -foot wide urban section • Alignment would protect all trees on the Zoch's property. • Minimal tree impact on the east side on the street. • Street width would not allow for any on- street parking. • The boulevard on the east side of Condit would be approximately 5 feet along the Zoch property. We do not feel that the 28 -foot street section is a viable option because less than 1 -foot of right -of -way would exist on the east side of the street. Two other factors will need to be discussed at the continuation of the public hearing regarding the 24 -foot alignment. The first is the extent of right -of -way that should be acquired from the Bougie and Grant properties. Our recommendation would be to obtain an additional 17 feet of right -of -way to provide for a 50 -foot street right -of -way on this section of Condit Street. The second factor is the need to relocate or bury the overhead electric from Yorkton Blvd. to the south. As shown, two of the three power poles south of Yorkton Blvd. would be within the new street section and would need to be moved to the west. Moving the power poles back could result in trimming of trees by Xcel Energy for line clearance. The other option would be to bury the electric from Yorkton Blvd. to the south. Xcel provided an estimate of $29,000 to bury the power lines along the entire length of 10062 Flanders Court NE — Blaine, MN 55449 — Ph: (763) 780 -0450 Fax (763) 780 -0452 Memo. 050808 -CC (Condit Update) 1