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-16- City has preliminary agreement for permanent easement. Project 20 or 30 large trees whose roots would probably be cut problems: with construction which may or may not be lost and have to be replaced by Park Board; the removal costs for only three have been included in project cost; engineer estimated it would cost $600 a tree to cut down and remove stump and replacement cost would depend on size of replacement tree; should be paid for by Park Board because on their property. Drainage nothing beyond the construction area would be done; system: minimum size pipes would be replaced with larger 12 or 15 inch capacity pipes as required by City or extension later on. Curbing: would be tapered to 16 inches from existing 24 inches at ends of the project resulting in a savings for the • City. Lighting: conduits would be included in project cost but lights themselves would not because they are not MSA covered items unless they are needed at intersections for safety. Sidewalks: appear to be in relatively decent shape so not included in the project cost. Requirements that only one-half of the roadway be cut at a time and of contractor: excavations would be covered when ever possible to prevent flooding when it rains. The following points were discussed with the staff and engineer: Marks - asked if widening the street might not encourage speed- ing. Was told by the engineer that was a police enforcement problem. Mr. Hamer said the street width is based on traffic flow and recent counts show much more traffic on this section of St. Anthony Boulevard than on the resi- dential section just completed. Sundland - indicated skepticism that Park Board would ever agree to • pay for the trees which had to be replaced and saw the City facing a big expense if they had to replace 20 or