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Howarc R. Green Corrpany CONSULTING ENGINEERS August 17, 1999 File: 807280J -0240 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 RE: RJ MARCO BUSINESS CENTER FINAL PLAT Dear Council Members: As requested, we have reviewed the final plat of RJ Marco Business Center. Based on our review we would offer the following comments: 1. This plat is made up by combining Lot 35 of J.F. Eisenmenger's Garden Lots with a portion of Lot 1, Block 1, Little Canada Mall Addition. 2. Plat assumes a section of Viking Drive right -of -way approximately 165 -feet long and 10 -feet wide will be vacated and added to the plat. We see no problem with this vacation of the Viking Drive right -of -way from an engineering standpoint. Just west of this area the right -of- way already is 10 -feet narrower and to the east of it the right -of -way is 20 -feet narrower. Essentially this vacation is just correcting a jog, which currently exists in the right -of -way. 3. There is an existing drainage and utility easement, which runs through approximately the center of the new plat. This needs to be vacated. It was previously part of Lot 35, J.F. Eisenmenger's Garden Lots. No description of the easement to be vacated is provided, nor is the document number of the easement to be vacated provided. This should be verified to ensure that it is properly written. 4. The 10 -foot drainage and utility easement to be provided by the new plat along the west line is almost entirely taken up by retaining wall in the development proposal. We would suggest that this drainage and utility easement be widened by 5 to 10 -feet to be useful for its intended propose. 5. There is a triangular drainage and utility easement in the southeast corner of the proposed plat. The shape of the easement would indicate that it is intended to encompass storm drainage as the plat is developed. We question whether the City wants to have the storm sewer publicly owned and maintained. The storm sewer does include a stub to the north, which could potentially be used by the Little Canada Mall area. It also takes in a portion of storm drainage from the existing development to the east. \ \SPNWFS \VOL1 \DATA \PROD \807280) \024' Page 43 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Pau,, ,.... __ . _ . ax 651/644 -9446 toll free 888/368 -4389