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� 4 o/ A 29t1/4 C aunt 4i 515 Little Canada Road. Little Canada. MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www. ci. lit tle- canac(a.mn. us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: October 22, 2004 RE: Twin Lake Driveway Issues iVIAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaValle Matt Anderson Rick Montour 13111 Blesener ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson Pursuant to the Council's direction at the assessment hearing for the Twin Lake Area Improvement Project, I have met with the City Engineer and the Project Inspector to review the questions involving the alleged differentiation in treatment of property owners regarding driveway replacement. Here is what I learned: 3333 Twin Lake Road: This property was treated appropriately based on our past policy of maintaining a reasonable grade on driveways after our street improvements. Attachment 1 is the project plan sheet depicting work in that area. You will note the hashed lines on the west side of Twin Lake Road. This was the Engineer's grade transition line. You will note that other driveways had transition work beyond the right -of -way line to restore grades to a reasonable level. In these cases, we will go farther into someone's driveway to ensure a reasonable grade transition. The property owner al 3333 would have had substantial driveway work done on this basis. This property owner did have concrete on the upper portion of his driveway with a gravel gap to where it met the old street. In a compromise worked out by the Project Inspector, we did not cut as far back into the driveway (at the homeowner's request) but did fill in the gap area with concrete to match the remaining driveway and the new apron we installed. The end result is that we installed less material and undertook less work under this compromise than we would have if we had followed the plans. There were some curves placed in the edge of the driveway, but this did not add any cost and was a simple forming issue. It was necessary due to trees in the area. It should also be noted that additional grade correction work still remains on this property. Specifically, we will need to install a retaining wall along the right -of -way line due to the dramatic grade transition. This was one of the most severely impacted properties in teens of grade differential.