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Z. The total appraised value of land to both properties, including damages; is $25,700. It is anticipated that with the minimized impacts to the wetland under this scenario the City would be allowed to use State wetland bank credits and. not be required to perform any on-site mitigation. This option also allows both existing residences to remain intact. Damages have been assigned to the property at 7131 166th Avenue NW due to lost trees and an encroachment of approximately 15 feet (reduced driveway length & proximity of the right-of--way to the house). The total estimated acquisition costs utader this option are $27, 764. 3. The total, appraised value of land to both properties, including damages, is $47,600. This option also results in the greatest possible impact to the existing wetland. All existing residences remain intact, and damages are negligible. The total estimated acquisition costs under this option are $49,250. The actual infrastructure costs for options 1 and 2 are approximately the same. Option 3 would increase the infrastructure construction costs by approximately $15,000 - $20,000 because of the need far additional geotechnical investigation, fill, and storm sewer. Option 3, if allowed by the Watershed, would most likely require wetland mitigation, and the costs for such would be approximately $76,000 far the physical improvements and associated monitoring. Approximately one half acre of land would potentially need. to be acquired for the mitigation area at an estimated cost of $32,500. This results in approximately $126,000 of additional infrastructure and mitigation costs under option 3. Observations: Staff and consultant are in the process of finalizing plans but we still need direction on how you would like to proceed with the overall scope of the project. Options to consider for the final alignment on the west end include: 1. Purchase the entire parcel at 7131 166th Avenue NW and align the roadway with a northerly swing, through the existing home on the property. This option-would result in the greatest flexibility of design (due to the amount of land to work with) and no wetland impacts, but would limit the use of any remnant property. Another option to consider under this scenario would be to construct the roadway with the slight southerly swing (option 2 above) and then. resell the home following corstruction completion. The existing home could remain in its current location and it could be left as is, or connected to municipal services prior to resale. Leaving the property as is could potentially allow for future. subdivision under a redevelopment scenario. 2. Purchase only the right-of--way necessary to construct the slight southerly swing of the roadway. This option is the least impactful to all existing properties and the environment. 3. Purchase the right-of-way necessary to construct the more pronounced southerly swing in the roadway and work through the wetland impacts with the regulating authorities. 4. Revert back to the original segment one boundaries and stop the project at Limonite Street. Doing so would. eliminate the need for any acquisition on the westerly-end of the project, aside from some temporary construction easements. All the Work could be completed without any taking of property. This approach would result in potential .project redundancy in the future, if a southerly swing is contemplated, or a larger taking if/when the roadway curvature along 166th Avenue is corrected. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends option 2 above. This may result in the use of eminent domain to acquire a portion of land from 7131 166th. Avenue NW. If the City is going to reconstruct this road to State -334-