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Howarc R. Green Co CONSULTING ENGINEERS December 11, 1998 File: 803660J -0240 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 RE: GILANDERI ADDITION CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA Dear Council Members: -npany 1St 01. SI1TI.NG E\L'ISEEMS Formerly MSA Consulting Engineers As requested, we have reviewed the latest revised submittal for the Gilanderi Addition. The submittal consisted of a preliminary plat and grading plan prepared by E.G. Rud and Sons, dated December 7th, 1998. Based on the review, we would offer the following comments: 1. The major revision to the preliminary plat was the reduction in the number of lots, from five to four. This was accomplished by slightly increasing the size of each of the lots. The plat now shows four lots with one access off of County Road B2, one access off the wider portion of Gilanderi Lane, and two lots with access off the narrow portion of Gilanderi Lane. 2. The revised plat still shows a dedicated right -of -way for Gilanderi Lane, 37 'A feet wide. The existing 12 foot wide road is proposed to be reconstructed to a 24 foot wide road. City ordinance would require that a minimum road width for this area be 28 feet face to face, however none of the roads of this area of town are over 24 feet wide, and some are even narrower. In a December 8, 1997, memo to the Planning Commission, the City Planner recommended a 24 foot wide road. This would match the width of the roadway leading from County Road B2 into this area. I would concur with that recommendation, but suggest that the 24 foot would be measured from face of curb to face of curb. The preliminary grading plan does not show enough information about how the existing road will be removed and the new road constructed and connected with the existing road at the south end of Gilanderi Lane. We assume that the drainage pattern that currently exists will not be modified, and that after reconstruction of the roadway the same drainage patterns will exist in the extreme south end of Gilanderi Lane. The new road will cut the southwest corner of the property lying easterly of Gilanderi Addition. This triangular piece of property currently has the existing 12 foot road built on it. It is not clear on the preliminary plat if there is existing right -of -way for this construction or if it is assumed that there is a perscriptive right for the roadway to cross this corner of the abutting piece of property. If possible, this issue should be clarified so that there is no claim that the new road was built on private property. 0:1Proj \803660J 10240 1660- 1102.dec Page 3 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN 55108 • 612/644 -4389 fax 612/644 -9446 toll free 888/368-4389