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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 21, 1987 PAGE 4 <br />does not follow the section line. The roadway is centered on the <br />sectionline at Keats Avenue, but as the road goes to the East it ends <br />up 33 feet north of the sectionline by the time it gets to Kimbro <br />Avenue. The proposed plan is to widen the road to uniform width and <br />straighten it out. The road is planned to be based on a 32 foot wide <br />road bed and on that would be constructed 24 feet of bituminous <br />pavement and a 4 foot gravel shoulder on either side. The driveway <br />and cross culverts will be replaced and the driveways will be <br />blacktopped up to the property line. The road will be designed for a <br />40 mph speed. <br />This is in an unplatted area so there is no platted right-of-way for <br />this road. The public does have a right to use this road simply <br />because they have used this road and the City has maintained it for a <br />number of years, but the use is limited. The City needs to purchase <br />additional right-of-way along the road to make a uniform minimum width <br />of 66 feet. <br />There are many mature oak trees along the southside of the road, which <br />the Council had considered worth preserving if at all possible. State <br />Aid Standards require a clear zone for a distance of 20 feet from the <br />edge of the blacktop. In order to keep the road as close as possible <br />to its inplace position they are allowed to put a curb along this road <br />to protect the public from going off the road and striking the two oak <br />trees along Ed Stevens' property. This curb will be about 200 feet <br />long in the area of either side of Stevens' driveway so the two oak <br />trees can stay in place. One condition of placing this curb is that <br />the State would have to erect "No Parking" signs on this portion of <br />the road because the curb portion would be too narrow to provide a <br />full parking place. <br />The proposed improvements in order to save as many trees as possible <br />is to try and use the southernly established fence lines as the south <br />right-of-way line of this proposed road. This would require a narrow <br />strip of land (approx. 1/2 acre) from Mr. Sullwold, property owner on <br />the north. <br />If this project were ordered in, it is possible that the grading and <br />gravel base portion of the project could be completed yet this year <br />and the surfacing followed as weather permits in the Spring. This is <br />dependent on the City's ability to purchase right-of-way or easements <br />that are necessary. If this takes more time than anticipated, then <br />the entire project will not be started until 1988 and completed in <br />1988. <br />It has been past City policy to assess only those costs for the <br />project not eligible for payment out of the Municipal State Aid Funds. <br />Municipal State Aid Funds will pay for all of the construction. Some <br />of the costs not reimbursable are any legal costs involved such as <br />acquiring easements, purchasing right-of-way and costs associated with <br />land acquisition. There is a limit to the amount of engineering costs <br />that is eligible for reimbursement which is 180 of the construction <br />costs. The estimated proposed assessments will be $750 and $1000 per <br />lot (lot is defined as the number of lots that are adjacent which <br />could be subdivided under present code). <br />