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SCOPE & INTI!_ODUCTION The purpose of th!s study is to determine the feasibility and associated costs for providing a bituminous street ti) serve the segment of Bison Street N.W. between County Road #63 (173rd Avenue N.W.) and!the north line of the Trott Brook Ridge subdivision. Project #92-20 involved the proposed pavit~g of Bison Street between County Road #63 and 171st Avenue N.W. This project was initiat~ by a petition signed by 35% of the affected property owners. The City Council by four fif!hs majority vote, created Project ~92-23, which was to address the paving of Bison Street south of 171st Avenue N.W. Public hearings were initiated on both these projects on February 6, 1993. The public hearing on Project ~92-20 was closed on February 6, 1993. However, the public hearing on Project #92-23 was continued oniFebruary 16, 1993 and March 9, 1993 as a result of considerable public comment and Cit~ Council directives. The original feasibility study, dated January 1993, was revised on February 16, 1993 and February 26, 1993 as a result of City Council directives. At the March 9, 1993 CiW Council meeting, the public hearing on Project ~92-23 was closed. The Council was not al~le to come to a consensus on the specific nature of the improvement associated with Project #92-~ and, no further consideration will be given to this project until such time as another project mil~ht be initiated pursuant to City ordinances and policies for such improvements. This feasibility std, dy has been revised to identify the remaining Project #92-20 as it has been accepted by City -~ouncil. The project lies within the Northwest Quarter of Section 9 and the benefitted parcels ~e identified in Appendix A. EXISTIN(3 CO _NDITIONS The present street ~onsists of a rural street section with a gravel and sand surface approximately 21 - 26 feet in width. 'i'he depth of the gravel surface was found to be between zero to three inches. The history of the ~oad right-of-way is somewhat involved. In 1966, the roadway was intended to run along the corninon border of two properties which occupied the entire north/south distance between County R~ad #63 and the half section line of Section 9. At that time, each property owner conveyed an easer~ent to the other for access purposes from"County Road #63 to the half section line of Section 9. As parcels were created from these original two, the City began maintaining the existing roadway. ~ Since no formal deed was given to the City, its fight-of-way claim is based upon State Statute ~160.05(1) which deems streets to be public after six years of maintenance. The City thus has a el '.agra of two rods (or 33 feet) from the centerline of actual use. Nonetheless, both Anderson Estates ~d Dellwood Hills subdivisions have subsequently dedicated 33 feet of right-of- way along thc boundary between thc original two properties which initially established the road. In addition, the Ci~ entered into a stipulation in June 1982 with Leonard and Lorraine Hinton, the property owners, ag that time, of parcels one and two to place the roadway in its originally intended location when it b~ame paved. The actual location of the roadway lies as much as 25 feet outside the intended right-Of-way at County Road #63 and returns within the intended fight-of-way by the time it reaches the intersection with 171st Avenue N.W. PROPOSED IM~PROVEMENT$ It is proposed to r~grade to return the roadway to the cente, r of its intended fight-of-way north of 171st Avenue N._W? It is proposed to provide a 24 foot wide. bituminous roadway with a four foot gravel shoulder ar;d a two foot deep drainage ditch on each' side. While this does not meet the suburban standardbf a 30 foot roadway with a bituminous curb, it does provide a minimum cost solution to pavinglthis street and it is consistent with the road'-section in adjacent Golden Eagle Estates. It also eliminates the need for obtaining a drainage easement which would be required if the drainage were tO be concentrated by curbline and discharged at specific locations.