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-{11 11111% - ASSOCI.AT .{S <br />Memo <br />TRU> HA <br />TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer <br />DATE: December 14, 2007 <br />RE: <br />Background <br />Beam Avenue <br />Proposed Improvement Project <br />Beam Avenue is a cul-de-sac street located at the very northeast end of Kohlman Lane, <br />a very long dead end street, and the only access to this portion of Beam Avenue is <br />through the City of Maplewood by way of Kohlman Lane. The municipal boundary <br />between Little Canada and Maplewood is down the center line of the Beam Avenue <br />right -of -way resulting in Little Canada residents on the north and Maplewood residents <br />on the south. <br />A number of years ago there was a joint meeting between Little Canada and Maplewood <br />staff to discuss the Kohlman Lane area and the lack of municipal water in the area. At <br />issue was that fact that there is currently no municipal water service on Keller Parkway <br />from Arcade Street to Kohlman Lane or on any part of Kohlman Lane or its side streets <br />including Beam Ave. Possible routes were preliminarily reviewed at that time, but it was <br />determined that no water improvement would be done until the streets were <br />reconstructed. The City of Maplewood is currently proposing an improvement project for <br />this area that would include the reconstruction of the streets. The proposed project limits <br />include Beam Avenue, which is partially within the City of Little Canada. <br />The City did include Beam Avenue in its pavement surveys and the street is classified in <br />need of a full reconstruction. However, it was the opinion of staff that Beam Avenue <br />should not be reconstructed until the entire Kohlman Lane area was addressed. <br />Reasons for this were the inability to provide water to the area, the fact that the street is <br />half within Maplewood, and the street is only accessible by going through Maplewood. <br />The reconstruction of Kohlman Lane provides for a number of opportunities for the City <br />of Little Canada and the residents in this section of the City. First, it will provide an <br />opportunity to extend water service to the area. The anticipated watermain route would <br />be to connect to Little Canada's watermain at Arcade Street, extend the main down <br />Keller Parkway, then up Kohlman Lane to the end of Beam Avenue. The watermain <br />would also be stubbed to the north at the intersection of Beam Avenue and Kohlman <br />- 1 7 - <br />