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WS WSB & Associates. Irre. Infrastructure ■ Engineering ■ Planning ■ Construction April 16, 2014 Ms. Shayla Syverson Parks Planner City of Hugo 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North Hugo, MN 55038 Re: 125th Street Improvements Fox Meadows Development WSB Project No. 1904-57 Dear Ms. Syverson: 701 Xenia Avenue South Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 Tel: 763-541-4800 Fax: 763-541-1700 We have completed our review related to the provision of a trail along 125th Street in response to your request. A summary of our findings is provided as follows: 125th Street is currently paved adjacent to Highway 61; however, the remainder of the roadway has a gravel surface and ends at a cul-de-sac near the City's Well #6. The roadway serves minimal traffic. When Fox Meadows is developed, 125th Street will be extended and connect to the roadways within the subdivision. Vehicles from within Fox Meadows and, to some extent, Beaver Ponds, will utilize 125th Street to gain access to/from Highway 61 once the connection is made. 125th Street as a gravel road is not adequate to accommodate the expected traffic from a maintenance standpoint; therefore, 125th Street will be paved as a requirement to developing Fox Meadows including the segment outside of the plat. The property adjacent to 125th Street between Highway 61 and the Fox Meadows plat is agricultural/large lot in nature, and we expect that some or all of the property will develop in the future. We expect that 125th Street will be improved to an urban section roadway at that time, which would include pedestrian/bicycle facilities. 125th Street will be paved and constructed as a rural section roadway as part of the Fox Meadows development, with the understanding that it will need to be improved in the future when development occurs. The street will be paved and constructed to a width of 24 feet, with 3 -foot wide gravel shoulders. The roadway is outside the extents of the Fox Meadows Plat, and as a result the City typically is not in a position to require the developer to provide additional improvements over and above those necessary to provide adequate public facilities, i.e. a paved roadway rather than a gravel surface. 2. Utilities will not be extended beneath 125th street as part of the Fox Meadows project. Utilities may need to be constructed within the 125th street right of way when the parcels to the north and south of 125th Street develop. The utilities will be constructed at that time, since they will benefit the developing property, rather than in advance which would trigger assessments to the adjacent rural properties. K. U904-OMM-r Simone-060310.doc