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I I I I I I I I I I I Case ACQUISITION OF DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Sewer and water mains will need to be extended to service both the Brandseth subdivision and the City Hall complex which includes the new police building. You may recall that initially it was proposed that the utilities be extended northward along the west frontage road along T.H. //47 to the southeast comer of the Branseth subdivision. This extension would have required the acquisition of an easement from the Kempf property. The Kempfs, however, expressed concern over this route as it would require significant consa'uction impacts to the front of their property including the loss of mature trees which buffer their residence from T.H. #47. As a result of negotiations between the City and three property owners immediately west of the service road, it Was agreed that a utility corridor running through the rear and side yard would be a superior route for the following reasons: · There are few impacts to mature trees or other significant landscaping features. · Restoration costs would be significantly lower as only turf restoration would be required. · The cost of utility installation would be lower as there would be shallower trench cuts and fewer existing utilities to contend with. · The alternate route would provide' service to two or three additional properties at virtually no extra cost compared to the original route. The neighbors are supportive of this route. The chosen corridor will accommodate sanitary sewer, watermain and storm sewer within a 40 foot permanent easement. A 10-foot existing easement along the west boundary of Block 1 of Gorham's Addition will provide a portion of the required corridor. This leaves the acquisition of easement from two property owners, (I) a 7,640 square foot easement from Al and Kathy Kempf and a 4,885 square foot easement from Lawrence Ducommun. Both Kempf and Ducommun had an appraisal prepared for their respective properties which value the easement at $1.26 per square foot. This unit _price is higher than the City has experienced on the previous right-of-way on easement acquisitions. In reviewing 14 appraisals, the City has commissioned over the last five years the unit price of land ranging from as little as $0.06 per square foot to as much as $0.47 per square foot. However, in checking with Anoka County, an appraisal for land acquired for the Round Lake Boulevard expansion was $I.00 per square foot. Both property owners have verbally agreed to grant the easement for $1.00 per square foot plus the costs of two appraisals totaling $790. If accepted, the total cost of both easements would be $13,315. Funding for the easements would be obtained from the City's Sewer and Water Trunk funds. 3'93