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COII17UI91N PRIDE 1953 - 2003 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (65t) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www.citittle-canada.ain.us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: March 6, 2003 RE: Streetscape Design for Market Place Drive MAYOR ;Michael 1.Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaValle Li 1att Anderson Rick Montour Bill Blesener ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. FIanson The City Engineer will be present at our workshop meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to review design options for streetscape along Market Place Drive between Little Canada Road and Rice Street. The options we will discuss include pedestrian ways, lighting, plantings, and irrigation. We are not recommending any monumentation as exists along Little Canada Road since LC Road is our main thoroughfare and due to additional costs of construction and maintenance. (A diagram of the project area is attached to assist in your review of this project. A large -scale version will be available Wednesday evening.) To assist in this review, the City Engineer has prepared the attached Amenity Options Listing to give you an idea of the costs of construction for various combinations of components. (Keep in mind these are construction costs only and another 35% or so will need to be added for design and project administration.) Based on this sheet the lowest cost construction option staff would recommend includes concrete sidewalk, grass boulevard, and street lights and would total $66,000 (89,000 with engineering and adm.). The highest cost option includes paver sidewalks and boulevards, street lighting, plantings, and irrigation and would total $192,000 ($259,000 with engineering and adm.). Staff believes a more conservative approach is warranted with this project as it will result in less costs associated with construction and on -going maintenance. However, we want to ensure you are comfortable with the image the project will create. Another component that will result in additional costs is the planting of the new ponding area. Barbara Allan has graciously agreed to coordinate the planting of this area for us including review of the layout by the Watershed District and arranging for volunteers to place plant materials. She is also seeking funding from the Board of Soil and Water Conservation ($600) to help offset these costs. I do not have a good estimate of the overall cost, but I would guess it will total around $20,000 including the placement of topsoil. cc: Lee Elfering, FIRG 11:AJoel111CorrespondenceAJoel 211113VA41'1) 5t rectscape A{enm - 3.7.03.doc