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M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp - to direct staff to proceed with the Kirkwood/50th Street gravel/grading from Infrastructure Reserve/State Aid Maintenance funding. (Motion passed 5-0). 8. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: A. Culvert on West Easement on Hill Trail Tom Prew reported he reviewed the proposed additional drainage outlet pipe to Lake DeMontreville from the west side of the Hill Trail loop road. This pipe is proposed as a replacement to one that was removed from service many years ago. The existing City easement is 20 feet wide, centered between the Taylor and Diedrich properties. It is a former street that the city vacated, but retained the drainage easement over. The VBWD had no problem with the city re -opening the drainage route to the lake. The drainage outlet pipe would extend from Hill Trail approximately 100 feet west. The final 30 feet would be an open ditch to the lake. The ditch would be sodded to match the surrounding property. Construction of the drainage outlet pipe would involve removal of approximately six trees. The new pipe would divert about 1 acre of drainage from the approximately 15 acres that flows into the landlocked wetland north of 50" Street. The cost of reopening this outlet would be $12,000 and a change order to our contract with T.A. Schifsky and Sons is necessary. The Council indicated they wanted to make sure the city leaves the easement as good as it was, and will look at a landscape plan for remediation. M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp — to direct the City Engineer to proceed with reopening the drainage outlet pipe to Lake DeMontreville from the west side of the Hill Trail loop road at a cost of $12,000, and a landscape restoration plan will be provided to the Council. (Motion passed 5-0.) B. Hill Trail Reconstruction Questions from Bud Talcott: Tom Prew, City Engineer, reported the construction crews got ahead of the schedule, and he told them to keep one section of the road open. The contractors are removing and replacing new asphalt in 600-ft. segments compared to the original plan in 300-ft. segments. The culverts stick up 8 inches, are set back from the road, covered with concrete so they don't plug up with leaves. Prew said he was aware of the flooding problem with one resident's driveway and two catch basins and a rolled curve have been added. Roger Johnson has requested that the city not install the sewer pipe that he requested under the road because it did not work out well. Prew said the sewer pipe could be directionally drilled if a pipe was needed for access to Remote C System. Councilmember Johnston, 8200 Hill Trail N., explained he had someone come to his residence informing him that south of the cul-de-sac would be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and he would have to walk to get to his car. If there was an emergency, the contractor has equipment that could move the dirt to permit an emergency vehicle to get through. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 4