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I CITY COUNCIL MEETING •2 NOVEMBER 23, 1993 3 PAGE 3 4 5 City Attorney who advised him to put the contractor on notice that the City does not 6 plan to make any further payments due to the fact that the work has not been 7 completed. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 11 VII. REPORTS. 12 13 A. Ramsey County's Proposed Silver Lake Road Right-of-Way and 14 Landscaping. 15 16 Wayne Leonard appeared on behalf of the Ramsey County Public Works Department 17 requesting a right-of-way acquisition regarding the Silver Lake Road construction 18 project. The City of New Brighton has the majority of the roads in.their community 19 and they have employed the firm of SRF to develop the plans. Mr. Leonard 20 presented a right-of-way plan to the Council for their review and approval. He 21 explained they would do what they could regarding the hydraulics around Silver Lake. 22 The Salvation Army Board meets on December 9th and Mr. Leonard would like to 3 make a presentation at that time and thought it would be appropriate to then schedule 4 a public forum meeting. 25 26 Larry Erickson from SRF presented the right-of-way plan and additional plans 27 regarding landscaping. Mr. Erickson displayed color-coded drawings of the project 28 showing the plans starting at Silver Lake Court and widening out to provide a left 29 turn lane at Windsor Lane and also providing a retaining wall at Silver Lake. Mr. 30 Erickson said the water that ran off from Silver Lake onto the road would be taken 31 someplace north and treated. 32 33 Tom Thorson from SRF presented plans to enhance the landscaping and streetscaping 34 in the Silver Lake Road area. He indicated the landscape concept was to enhance and 35 not simply replace the existing landscape which would include adding additional trees 36 and shrubbery. He discussed the first concept for the plantings around the retaining 37 wall and walk way. The second concept would actually pull the walk way out toward 38 the lake creating an overlook on the lakeside which also would free up room for tree 39 plantings between the retaining wall and roadway providing a buffer for pedestrians. 40 Mr. Thorson said the effort regarding the Salvation Army area would be to replace 41 trees with additional tree plantings. Councilmember Marks inquired how many trees 42 would be taken down and Mr. Thorson responded that ten or twelve trees would be 43 taken down and replaced with double to triple the amount of plantings. 44 •