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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: November 20, 1998 RE: Update on 1999 Improvement Projects MAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scaize Jim LaValle Steve Mercian Bob Pedersen ADMINISTRATOR Joel R Hanson Staff conducted four neighborhood meetings this past week on our proposed 1999 improvement projects. Copies of my notes from those meetings as well as the City Engineer's reports and sign -up lists are attached for your review. (All affected property owners were invited to attend.) Based upon the results of those meetings, staff has the following recommendations: ♦ Minnesota Avenue (Rice Street to Cobblestone Village) should proceed. ♦ Australian Avenue/Bluwood Avenue (Lakeshore to the west) should be postponed until the next project cycle based upon the request of the neighborhood and their understanding that no further maintenance by the City will be done on these roadways. ♦ East Brooks Avenue (Savage Lane to Morrison) should proceed. Please note that the neighborhood will likely ask the Council to postpone the project and/or eliminate the installation of curb and gutter. As you will note in the neighborhood meeting minutes, staff made it clear that we will be recommending this project to proceed as an urban road section due to the deteriorated condition of the roadway. The neighborhood understood that position, but is concerned about the cost. ♦ Viking Drive (McMenemy to Edgerton) requires significant work. There are some very difficult issues on this roadway that need to be addressed. Based on review conducted on November 20`" by the City Engineer and the Public Works Director, a determination was made that the roadway needs to be reconstructed and that recycling is not an option due to the strong likelihood that an inadequate base exists under the current road surface. The ideal road width is 32' to accommodate pedestrian traffic on- street and it is likely we can build a road of between 28' -32' if we are able to move the MNDOT fence closer to Highway 36. Thereby minimizing the impact on existing vegetation. Drainage improvements can be accommodated with flow moving towards Highway 36. Curb and gutter can likely be installed in the majority of this area, although there could be some sections where it may not be feasible depending on the actual depth of the roadway cut. Page 33