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, _ Memorandum, 1999 Street Improvement Feasibility Report, WRLR (Phase II) Page Three November 5,1998 Additional Considerations A. Further discussion with the City Engineer on the Gateway traffic study report suggests that a four lane road is not a requirement for future Gateway development. Accordingly, it would appear that Feasibility Report Alternative C1 could be dropped from consideration if functionality were the only criterion. With Alternative C2 also rooted in an alternative four lane design, it could be dropped from consideration as well. B. The Feasibility Report identified several potential roadway enhancements for the Phase II West Round Lake Road reconstruction project, including a bituminous trail, landscaping, irrigation, and street lighting. Staff urges Council to consider the addition ofa six foot concrete sidewalk on the east side of the newly constructed roadway as a baseline rather than an enhancement item. The Phase I project (Highway 96 intersection) currently has a sidewalk planned for this segment. In addition, several affected property owners have a current level of pedestrian/employee traffic. Winter snowplowing of this sidewalk would be a policy issue and/or a maintenance cost item. C. The City Administrator and City Engineer met with West Round Lake Road property owners on October 29, 1998 to informally discuss proposed construction plans and gather . input from the property owners. Apparently, the strongest opinions from these property owners were incorporating a sidewalk into the design, a preference for a two lane undivided road with a center turn lane rather than a divided road with a raised median and turn lanes, and incorporating streetlighting into the design. D. The City Engineer has directed American Testing to conduct expanded soil boring tests along the proposed reconstruction path. Thus far, results from the tests are not available. However, in a worst case scenario, if the quantities of bad soil are of such a level, the financial viability of a reconstruction project may need to be re-evaluated. E. At a November 2, 1998 staff meeting, the City Engineer was directed to prepare two alternatives for Council consideration at the November 9, 1998 regular Council meeting. These alternatives are: (I) previous "B" (two lane divided with raised median) as revised by refined cost and funding estimates and; (2) new alternative "D" (two lane undivided with center turn lane; forty-four foot (14', 16', 14') roadway. City Engineer Brown has prepared an Addendum, dated November 4, 1998, to the initial Feasibility Report to augment the previously issued report. .