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>if)/ a - _off v Wawa 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 5511'7-1600 (651) 766 -6029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www.ci.little-canada.nm.us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: April 5, 2012 MAYOR Bill nlcsene COUNCIL, Hick Montour John I<eis Michael McGraw Shelly Boss ADMINISTRATOR Joci H. Ilia 18ou RE: Little Canada Road Project Authorize Expenditure for Xcel Estimate for Utility Undergrounding Authorize Appraisals for Right -Of -Way Acquisitions As discussed at the Council's April 41h Workshop Meeting, the County will be improving Little Canada Road from 35E to Edgerton Street. In planning the scope of this project, one decision point is whether or not to underground utilities. The City paid Xeel Energy for an engineered estimate for the undergrounding of utilities from Edgerton Street to McMenemy Road ($5,000). That estimate is $416,250. Xcel Energy did a preliminary estimate for undergrounding from MeMenemy Road to the freeway and that amount is $416,250. In order to get a truer estimate for this section, Xcel Energy requires the $5,000 payment. City staff feels that the engineered estimate is necessary in order to make a better informed decision on the undergrounding issue. It should be noted, however, that even with the detailed estimate, the costs of an undergrounding project can vary (30% plus or minus according to Xcel). Another issue of discussion at the Workshop Meeting related to the need for right -of -way acquisition as part of this project. Based on the right -of -way information submitted by the County, it appears that additional right -of -way is needed from the following properties: Gas Station at 300 Little Canada Road 4 Residential homes at 316, 328, 334, and 336 Little Canada Road Residential home at 2635 Edgerton Street Staff would recommend that appraisals be obtained for the needed rights -of -way at the properties listed above. Right -of -way is also needed from St. John's Church, but staff would like latitude in determining whether appraisals are necessary at this time given other potential trade -offs with the property owner. Staff is requesting that the Council authorize the expenditure of $5,000 to Xcel Energy for a detailed undergrounding estimate, as well as authorize the expenditure for appraisals for needed rights -of -way as outlined above.