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the status of the soils has been determined, building types and construction materials appropriate for this area of Little Canada may be made. Alternative #2. As this report has shown, there is the potential for many problems with the proposal to move Country Drive to the west onto the Condit Street alignment. As such, the City may wish to consider other alternatives for redevelopment in this portion of Little Canada. One possibility that our office has noted is that of using the existing alignment of Country Drive while regrading the land between Condit Street and I -35E. This would involve the property between the water works right -of -way and the apartment complex lying east of Condit Street. The alternative of keeping Country Drive in its existing alignment presents the City with a proposal for redeveloping this area of the City while lessening the potentially negative impacts of the realignment plan. One point of difference between the development of the two street alignments is that less additional right -of -way would have to be acquired by keeping the alignment of Country Drive in its present location. This includes the required right -of -way north of Owasso Boulevard and the additional right -of -way adjoining Condit Street. The first concept plan required an additional land area of approximately 2.6 acres whereas any street right -of -way needed with the second alternative would be within the redevelopment area. It is estimated that acquiring the additional right -of -way would have cost approximately $50,000. This is in turn a cost savings which could be applied to other project costs. Another benefit of keeping Country Drive in its present location is that the existing residential land uses in the area will not have the truck traffic passing near their property. The alternative plan will keep the commercial and industrial traffic from the Industrial Park away from the residences as the new commercial sites would face east and have street access from Country Drive. Thus the amount of traffic on Condit Street should not increase measurably with the redevelopment plan. In addition to not increasing the truck traffic along Condit Street, the plan to keep Country Drive in its present location will allow Best Auto Repair, Suburban Auto Body, the Quebec Apartments and the three single family homes near the St. Paul Waterworks right -of -way to maintain their present street access points. This in turn would appear to be less disruptive to these properties than the first alternative if and when redevelopment occurs in this area of Little Canada. As was noted earlier in the study of redevelopment in this portion of the City, architectural compatibility and building types in the area of Owasso Boulevard and Country Drive are concerns which need to be considered when discussing redevelopment in this area of Little Canada. Page 28