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CASE #: ~ SUNWOOD DRIVE N.W. By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Enclosed witli this agenda is a copy of the Environmental Assessment Workshop (EAW) for Sunwood Drive N.W. This is an environmental document which has been submitted to thc Environn~ntal Quality Board for review. Incorporated within the EAW is a revised alignment stupy for Sunwood Drive N.W. There are several issues associated with this alignment st6dy which should be brought-to the attention of the Road and Bridge Committee at{tcl, subsequently, the City Council. First is a review of the costs associated with the project. The estimated cost of Phase I, which is sch~uled to begin in the fall of 1994, is estimated to be $640,000. The cost of this project ~ill be funded through the City's MSA construction account. In addition, sanitary sewe[ and water main will be incorporated within the road to be compatible with future development. This will mean that there will be no need to excavate or jack under the street to accommodate these utilities for future developments which are expected to occur adjacent to tlle road. The cost for the sanitary sewer improvements is estimated to be $23,800 and/he water main improvements are estimated at $157,100. Funding for these improvement~ would need to come from the City's sewer and water trunk funds. As mentioned earlier, it is anticipated that the construction of this road will generate development in the near future. Within the alignment study, an area has been designated which is deenjed to receive benefit from the construction of this road. This area of benefit extends roughly one-quarter mile north and south of the road alignment. City Staff is proposing to ~ollect up to $233,200 in future impact fees from areas within this designated area benefit..~I'his figure was determined by estimating the cost of an equivalent length of residential st~ et represented by the MSA road. The impact fee would be collected only when propert//~ owners within the designated area of benefit would subdivide their property or make a su~stanfially more intensive use of their property (i.e., the development of an apartment cotnplex or a parcel which might currently be occupied by a single family home). This ibasis for the collection of this impact fee is consistent with the financial policies appllgd to Sunny Ponds and Wood Pond Hills when those portions of Sunwood Drive N.W. were constructed. City Staff is looking for concurrence from City Council for the concept of the impact fee. We have had~ discussions of our intent to collect this impact fee from significant land owners withitj the project area, however, we believe all land owners within the described area of beneffl should be notified and presented with a copy of the alignment study if this policy is afl'maned by the City Council. A second issu.e regarding this alignment was recently raised by Commissioners Hendriksen and Deemer o.~ the Planning Commission. The Commissioners suggested that utilization of the existing din road, which currently provides access to two properties on the east shore of Sunfish La~e, could reduce the costs associated with this project. Although I believe there are negative impacts associated with such a realignment, which I will enumerate below, we did assure the Planning Commission that we would review the cost savings that might be real,ed if a 66-foot width of right-of-way along the existing din road were to be donated free ef charge to the City. At an estimated cost of $10,000 per acre, cited in the feasibility study, this would amount to a savings of approximately $30,000, or approximately, 4 percent of the total street project cost. This reduction assumes the right-of-