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Memo To: City of Roseville Board of Adjustments cc: Dennis Welsch, Community Development Director From: Debra Bloom, City Engineer Date: 3/3/2005 Re: County Road C Phase II reconstruction Project- Fence Variance Request Ramsey County is preparing plans for Phase II of the County Road C reconstruction project. This project is located between Snelling Frontage Road and Oxford Street. Federal funds have been allocated, and construction is scheduled to commence after Phase I construction is completed. This is anticipated to be 2006. The tederal funding for this project has a sunset date of March 31, 2005. All approvals and right- of- way must be secured by this deadline or $4,000,000 in funding will be lost. The project, as approved by the City Council, includes the widening of the road from its current 4 lane cross section to a 5 lane cross section. Due to the railroad on the south side of County Road C, all of the widening impacts will be on the north side of the street. In 2001, the City of Roseville went through a streetscape master planning process for County Road C. After completion of the master plan, the City of Roseville received federal funding to implement streetscape improvements following the County's County Road C reconstruction project. The City has scheduled this project for 2007. Throughout the road project planning Ramsey County has been working with City staff to set the foundation for the streetscape project. We have been following the recommendations of the streetscape manual whenever decisions are made in the reconstruction project. These recommendations include; improve the appearance of fences, add landscape, and provide additional buffering for residential areas. When Ranlsey County came forward with a final design for the new County Road C, we were very concerned about the impacts to the residential properties located along the north side of County Road C. The proposed street cross section is being widened from 4 lanes to 5 lanes. The corridor also has a sidewalk on the north side of the street. This corridor is constrained by the Railroad to the south of the road; any widening of the road would require purchase of right- of- way from properties to the north. The area of this project north of the road between Pascal Street and Sheldon Street, abuts 10 existing single family homes. Nine of the properties are what would be considered a "thru lot"; a lot that has . Page 1