Agenda - Council - 01/27/1987 - Laserfiche WebLink

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In comparing tha Raudio pr~,perty located on 149th Avenue west of l~amsey Boulevard with the previously listed site requirements, I found that it meets the location requirements of items 1, 2 and 3 very well. ~his site also ~eets the r~guirements of items 4-8 extremely well, since the area available f~r purchase varies from 0 to approximately 70 acres. Based on needs, it is estimated that the City should acquire 15-20 acres for a ~+ublic works site. Since the Raudio property is adjacent to th(~ proposed airport clear zone, the City could acquire 15 acres at this time° If the airport proceeds as planned, an additional 5 acres at the corner of 149th Avenue and Ramsey Boulevard is proposed to b~ acquired. Half of this 5 acres is outside the clear zone and would b(~ buildable and the other half would be suitable for storage~ The adequacy of this site ~!o~a municipal well is questionable due to the short distance to the ~.andfill. However, the Raudio site would provide an additional benefi~ to the City as a resource of sand and fill material. Depending ¢,n the development and grading of the surrounding area, I have e~tJ.mated that approximately 100,000 cubic yards of material could be removed from the site. Sand could be used for sanding operations dur~n~ the winter which would result in a savings of approximately $5,000 annually. Fill material could be utilized for construction ¢,f future roadways or miscellaneous uses. The construction of 153rd Avenue as a east-west corridor in the City will require large quantities of fill material. It is estimated that the fill material could save the city an average of $5,000 per year for a period of 10 years. Adding the savings for sand, the overall savings for the excess mat(~ri, al is estimated to $100,000 over a ten year period. The Raudio site is zoned industrial and would be comparable with the surrounding area. In reviewing th~ Raudio si~e, I made a cursory review of four other sites as shown on the attached Municipal State Aid Street System map. To compare the sites, ~' raled, each site in comparison with requirements for a public ~orks site. All sites were given a rating between 1 and 5 for each r~quirement. A rating of 5 was considered excellent and a rating of ) was considered poor. In addition to rating each site between 1 and 5 for each requirement, I weighed the public works site requireme~nts between 1 and 3. A requirement with a three rating would be thre~ times as important as a one rated require- ment. Therefore, a rating of five (excellent) on a site with a three rated site requirement (most important) was given 3 times 5 or 15 points. The following table provides a summary of the rating of each site with total points for each site: