Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/06/2005

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P32 and authorize City Staff to negotiate attached agreement, and to add to the recommendation of the Public Works Committee that the snow storage be only for City storage needs at this time. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Cook, Kurak, Pearson, and Strommen. VotingNo: None. Absent: CouncilmemberZimmennan. 2) Consider Trail Completion of the T.H. #47.Trail Councilmember Elvig explained it has been determined there is a triangular pi'ece of property on the south side of Elmcrest Park that staff thought was part of the Elmcrest purchase. It is actually not part of that purchase and negotiations are needed to purchase an easement through that property. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to ratify the recornmendation of the Public Works Committee in Case 2 and to direct staff to obtain an appraisal for the triangular piece of land north of Parcel 5801 160th Lane for easement purposes. Further discussion: Councilmember Pearson asked how big the parcel is..Councilmernber Cook replied it is not even one acre in size. Assistant Public Works Director Olson indicated it can be identified once they get the appraisal for the easement if there would be value to purchase the entire parcel to add on to the parkland. Councihnember Elvig amended the motion to direct staff to obtain one apprais~,l on the triangular piece of land north of Parcel 5801 160~" Lane for easement purposes, and one appraisal for the entire parcel. Amended motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmernbers Elvig, Cook, Kurak, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Zimmerman. 3) Consider Change Order for Elmcrest Park Parking Lot Improvements Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained there were some changes in the Elmcrest Park parking lot improvements that resulted in a change of.the total cost of'the project. The initial project was in the $800,000 range and there was some additional soil that needed to be brought in under the parking lots. The trail segments were originally designed to give the ability for vehicles to travel on them, and were designed with the idea if it is a clay material it will need to be built bigger or thicker and include a geotextile fabric. He explained grading for the trails has encountered extensive areas of sandy soils that will not require additional sand fill. The project design anticipated sand would be available fi'om the excavation of both ponds on the eastern side of the site, thus the quantity of sand to be imported Was reduced. The soils in the easternmost pond turned out to be clay down to the excavated depth. These soils were used as fill below the geotextile fabric, requiring import of additional sand. The lack of sand in the eastermnost pond required the import of additional sand to complete the project. The presence of sand under the trails will reduce the required quantity of imported sand. The net change will be a cost of approximately $41,000 less for the total improvements than originally estimated. Ci~ Council/November 9, 2004 Pa~ge 12 of 31