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Mayor & City Council Page 2 September 22, 1994 After reviewing the plans closely and conferring with the City Engineer, we have brought forth the following recommendation: Deleting Section 5 of the development agreement with Tom Theis, Annette Theis, James Olson and Christine Olson and pursuing Option III for the following reasons: * Benefit to the City. Since this is a very short road and there are only three homes with driveways on Leeward Way, I do not see a benefit to the City by having a small turn- around at the end. If the curbing is installed and the road is kept straight, we will have an area to deposit snow when plowing. If the cul -de -sac is paved to the full width of the right -of -way, we would have to plow that area thereby dumping snow on private property. This us an added maintenance cost and could cost the City dollars in m compensation to the homeowners for dumping snow on private property. * With the paving of the right -of -way (cul -de -sac), the homeowners might voice some strong objections to visually having a portion of their front yard paved (even though this is not the case) and snow being deposited on private ,property. Since we do not have a time line as to when lots to the south will develop, there is the issue of who will pay for the removal and restoration of the boulevard areas at a later date? The next developer will not want to have to put in another cul -de -sac and pay to remove this one as well. * Most people who need to turn around when driving down the street will either use a driveway or turn around in the dead end between the curb with the paved area behind the curb. I still believe that the people would turn around on the paved area between the curbs and not necessarily use the paved area behind as proposed in Option I. * Damage to the curbing with the snowplows having to go up over the curb with the freeze /thaw cycles back on the boulevard area. If the asphalt is heaved in any way, the snowplows could catch the pavement causing damage to the snowplow, asphalt, and curbing. This also is a concern with Option I. * If the City elects Option IV, we would have to look at the issue of removal of that street, installation of concrete curbing, and who will be responsible to pay for those costs. Page 52