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Consensus of the Council was to direct staff to work with residents to determine'i'f~ere was an option that would save the trees. ~-4~i~'i?;' ~';~'~'~;ii!ii?~'~ Ms. Dillon presented pictures of the property on the north side of th~ir~oad tracks showed that there are no trees that would be impacted and noted that there is'~k~ady an easem~ti::i; on the north side of the tracks. /::~' ~;~'"'~:" .... '~'' Councilmember Zi~e~an replied that the No~hwestem,Be~line is on'the no~h side of the ~,; · ,.. 4t. tracks. ,..'~Y; ~- City Engineer Ja~owski reviewed the noah side of~' ~ri~ks and po~t~'6ut that in order for the pipe to be constructed on that side of the tracks the Ci~-~w6uld hard'to ~g8 under pavement, curb and guaer which would be ve~ expensive. %;:_:..,., Winslow Holasek, 1159 Andover Boulevard, ~dover, inquired as t~'~at the df~{hnce was from the railroad tracks to the power lines. ~L?'~'?,'~'~ ;~-~.. ~<'~}-~'},:~ ci, [ngi~e~r Ja~owski reeled ~pr6~imate~y"4'O fee~¢~::.: .... Mr. Holasek replied that the reason the~}~haVe the p~tiiBn is tsat .~6 project is going to des~oy ~mre development of their prope~. ~d. EeasonZiflow's buiidlhg was moved back 20 feet was because the Ci~ has pl~ed on the frontage:road being in E~nt of the properties so now there will be an easement ,in'th~ font and the back'-df the prope~ies whi& will make there prope~ies dimcult to de~elop. ~f th~-PMect was consi~eE.:6~ the north side of the railroad tracks, the Ci, wo~d-ho'f have to obt~: easements and ~ih~;uld not have to remove 100 trees. If the trees ~e'E}~oved as pan ~f:~he project the..:Ci~will be responsible for paying the prope~ ownErS 'fo}' th6se trees re<addition, to the e'~e~ents. ~e trees are not only wind brews, but provide prote~fioh from_the-rail-road ~acks ~nd the co~ercial businesses. Mr. Holasek stated that five altemaii~es Were presented t~ ~ Council and requested that the Council review those :~fibns again and that[a feasibili~ study be completed to compare the costs of constructing ~e Pr~j~:o~ the no~h sid~'0f_me..raikoad tracks Mayor Ga~e~replied that th~~ Council has already looked at several alternatives ~d made the decision to m~ .fo~ard"~ith the cu~ent project. Mr. Holasek i~qfiired if awarding of the contract was contingent upon the Ci~ obtaining the proper easements, MaYor Gam~c replied that he would assume that it was. ~. H01asek stated that the City will not have possession of the land until Aphl. -120- City Council/January 23, 2001 Page 26 of 30 I ! I I I I I I I ! I I I