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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JUNE 14, 1999 8 The City's trail master plan includes a 10 foot wide trail segment between the recently constructed Gateway Boulevard and Highway 96 between the existing businesses and ROlil1d Lake. As part ofthe development agreement with Welsh Properties, a segment of the trail was constructed in 1998, beginning at Gateway Boulevard and extending into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife property to the northern property line ofthe Manufacturer's Services Building site. The northern segment of the planned trail through the former Indykiewicz property will be constructed as part of the West ROlil1d Lake Road, Phase I project. The projected cost tor this trail segment would be approximately $75,000. This is somewhat comparable to the cost for the County Road F trail which had a net budget of $65,000. The City Engineer is currently recommending that the City work with the contractor, Forest Lake Contracting, to add this segment to the West ROlil1d Lake project for a couple of reasons. The contractor will be doing the trail work on the north end and it could avoid problematic issues of timing. Depending upon how the segments were to be completed, constructing the middle segment of a trail in the future would require access from either the north or south, which could significantly damage existing trails. The recommended trail alignment would coincide with the existing sanitary sewer easement through the Nott Company, Grainger and part ofthe Scholls property. The recommended trail alignment would meander off of the sanitary sewer easement through the Scholls and ROlil1d Lake Business Center properties towards the U.S. Fish and Wildlife property, then run along the western edge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife property to connect to the existing trail constructed in 1998. The trail would require changes to tlle easement descriptions for the Nott Company and Grainger to provide for trail use as well as sanitary sewer. New easements would need to be granted by Scholls and the Round Lake Business Center for the segment of trail located in their properties. An agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would also be necessary in order to construct the trail within their property. Preliminary discussions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Noll Company and Scholls have indicated general agreement with the proposed trail alignment. Mr. Fritsinger advised that the City Engineer recommended the COlil1cil authorize staff to acquire all necessary easements and permits and prepare the Change Order to the West Round Lake Road, Phase I contract for the work. Mayor Probst asked what the approximate length of the trail segment would be. Mr. Fritsinger stated that the trail segment would be approximately one-third to one-half mile long. Mayor Probst requested confirmation that the cost estimate is based on per-unit prices. Mr. Fritsinger stated that this was correct. Mayor Probst asked if staff had contacted any of the other bidders to compare the per unit cost for the project. Mr. Fritsinger stated that staff had not compared the per-unit cost with other contractors. Mayor Probst stated that he would like to know how Forest Lake Contracting's per-unit price compares with prices from other contractors. Mr. Fritsinger stated that he would contact the City Engineer to determine how the prices would compare.