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- I' - I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS ,. MEMORANDUM DATE: ,July 23,1997 I TO: Mayor and City Council I FROM: Brian Fritsinger, City Administra~ SUBJECT: 1997 Gateway Business District (GBD) Improvements - Fourteenth Street NE I Background I The City Council authorized the preparation of plans and spccifications for the Fourteenth Street Improvements at its June 30, 1997 meeting, Thc plans for this project have now been completed by Howard R, Green/MSA Consulting Engineers, and reviewed by City staff. I Staff has met with rcpresentatives of the Welsh Company and Vaughan properties to review the status of these propos cd improvements, Welsh has raised some concerns about the proposed I street elevations as it relatcs to the remainder of their project. They have inquired about the possibility of the strect bcing raised, Staffresponded that it had two concerns about this change, First is the impact on thc need for slope easements from the owner of the railroad property, --. Second is the effect on thc timing of the project if the City is required to revise plans, Welsh has not responded further to its request since this conversation, I The developer has also inquired as to the feasibility of undertaking the road and utility improvements as part of their site improvements, Staff has encouraged them to participate in the I formal bid process rather than agree to their undertaking the improvements as part of the development agreement. The City Attorney has not determined a simple method to preserve our right to assess this property if we were to allow them to complete the improvements, I One other question which was raised at the July 14, 1997 Council meeting was that of access to the Vaughan property, The City Attorney has indicated that the provision ofa twenty-foot (20') I access easement is adequate for meeting all legal requirements, He has suggested, however, that the City consider whether or not it may need a sixty foot (60') right,of-way in the long,term future, While this does not affect the current plans and specifications for the improvement road, I or the Welsh Company site plan, he advised the City to consider providing this additional right- of,way in the future if the City found the need for a sixty foot (60') right-of,way, I Recommendation Staff recommends that Council adopt Resolution No, 97-38, "Resolution Approving the Plans I and Specifications, Ordering the Improvement, and Ordering the Advertisement for Bids in the Matter of the Gateway Business District (GBD) Improvements - Fourteenth Street NE," t' BF IsIs I -