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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 <br />www.ci.little- canada.mn.us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Greg Schroeder, Public Works Director <br />DATE: March 22, 2002 <br />RE: Knox Property <br />MAYOR <br />Michael L Fahey <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Jim LaVaile <br />Matt Anderson <br />Rick Montour <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />During our search for additional soils information near the Knox property we found the, attached, <br />Twin City Testing and Engineering Laboratory, Inc., Soils Report dated September 5, 1972 for the <br />McKesson Drug building at 3230 Spruce Street. This building is just west of the Knox property; see <br />attached map, and sits on higher ground. <br />The soils report for 3230 Spruce Street indicates that there are good soils on the north and west side <br />of this property sufficient to support the footings and floor slab of the existing building. The report <br />also indicates that during construction of this building, peat, soft gray silty clay and marl were <br />removed from the southeast portion of this site and replaced with 17' of granular fill. <br />A review of the Levitz construction drawings show that their building is built on higher ground than <br />the Knox property and was built with normal building footings. We could not find any records <br />indicating the removal of poor soils during construction. Therefore, the existing soils were sufficient <br />to support the footings and floor slab of Levitz building. <br />The January 2002 borings of the Knox property indicate swamp deposits were found down to depths <br />between 11' and 23' over this property. Soils correction or the installation of piles would be <br />required for any building construction, thus increasing the cost to build. <br />1-1: ( egS \Co respondencclGrcg S 2002 \K lox property.doc <br />