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Where no sidewalk exists on County Road E new sidewalk will be constructed. In front of Staples the existing sidewalk will be lowered to meet ADA standards for crossing County Road E. A new sidewalk will be constructed on the west side of Pine Tree Drive from County Road E to approximately 900 feet south. Boulevard trees will be added to County Road E. The existing lighting system will be removed and replaced with an Xcel Energy lighting system (style of light poles and fixtures still to be determined). There are a few issues that the Council should be aware of and/or comment on before the plans are completed. These issues are as follows: The feasibility report included some work to define driveway access on Connelly Avenue -o-Gold. Mr. Flaherty has stated that only a striping of the curve is necessary and he did not feel the improvements discussed in the feasibility report should be constructed. That curve has now been striped and at this time we have told the engineers to not proceed with the design of the curb and gutter and driveway improvements. Discussion of the assessment method and amounts are detailed further in the City Furniture property, relative to the inability to continue the sidewalk across the front of the property due to lack of appropriate easements. We could pursue the necessary easements but because it would take away parking, which is very limited on the site, it would likely be viewed by a court as a substantial (large dollars amount) taking. Staff would recommend continuing the trees and lighting across the small green space within the existing right of way a future date. of this project. A couple of staff recommendations out of these discussions would be that first, the Public Hearing and the Assessment Hearing could be held the same night. There has been a significant public involvement process with this project already. By the time the hearings are held the plans will be very close to 100% done and all of the adjacent properties will have had a chance to view them. Second, because of the nature of the assessment (street scaping vs. typical street reconstruction) it may be appropriate to have the Assessment Hearing before the project is bid. The largest part of the assessment is for street lighting and staff will have a firm price from Xcel Energy by the Hearing date. estimate should be accurate enough for assessment purposes. This way, if there are a number of potential assessment appeals the Council could decide to not proceed to bidding the project. Staff would recommend adding colored pavers to the new medians. This was not discussed in the feasibility report but would add a nice feature to a relatively large blacktop road. The incremental cost to add pavers from standard concrete for the medians is estimated at $30,000-45,000 for the entire project. 23 Page of