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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />URS <br /> <br />Agenda Item 28 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Thresher Square <br />700 111ird Street South <br />Minneapolis, MN 55415 <br />Phone: (612) 370-0700 <br />Fax: (612) 370-1378 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Ms. Michelle Wolfe/ <br />City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />Copy: <br /> <br />Nick Landwer/URS <br />Tom Moore/AH <br /> <br />File: <br /> <br />Pending <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Greg Brown <br />Arden Hills City Engineer <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />November 9, 2004 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Highway 96 Landscaping Discussion <br /> <br />Baekgronnd <br />Ramsey County is planning to let a contract for landscaping of Highway 96 Segment 2 (the recently <br />completed segment) for the summer of2005. Jim Tolaas will be at the Council Work Session to discuss <br />the general scope ofthe proposed landscaping improvements and requested City cost sharing (if any). The <br />county's general approach to the landscaping is to provide trees along boulevards and in the median <br />where safety clear zones allow. Additional landscaping in the form oftrees, shrubs, plants or walls would <br />be included with the project at city cost. Council has not expressed a strong interest in embellishing the <br />County's scope of landscape improvements in past discussions. We are revisiting this issue at this time in <br />order to incorporate any additional City landscaping (if approved by Council) into the County's contract. <br /> <br />Options for Council Consideration <br />The following are the general options for consideration by Council: <br /> <br />A) Do not choose additional landscape work beyond the scope proposed by Ramsey County <br />B) Consider additional landscaping improvements at select locations <br />a. Intersection Areas - Hamline, Lexington. Snelling, Keithson <br />b. Incorporate Arden Hills entry monument signs into contract <br />C) Consider additional landscaping more uniformly throughout the entire corridor <br /> <br />We have attached drawings of potential intersection improvements which were prepared a few <br />years ago for information. We have not prepared costs as the scope of landscaping ranges from <br />no cost to several hundred thousand dollars (ie. Shoreview treatment). Council should consider <br />that any additional landscaping would need to be maintained by the City and could also require <br />irrigation systems or hose bibs to be installed in areas. Currently no irrigation stubs have been <br />installed in the corridor although watermain does exist and could be tapped for irrigation <br />anywhere in the corridor. Budget cost estimates for installing shrub beds range from about $6.00 <br />