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Case #11: Report from the Public Works Committee 1) Review Pehlke Estate Easement Councilmember Zimmerman stated that this case was prepared to provide some indication to David and Betty Pehlke as to whether the City would require the widening of a standard five foot drainage and utility easement to a ten foot easement in anticipation of a future drainage pipe. At the meeting, however, the City Administrator requested a thirty-day delay in addressing this issue so that a study of the immediate vicinity could be prepared. The City Administrator pointed out that numerous neighborhood issues have arisen, some only within the past few days. These issues included the following: 1) The identification of a drainage plan for the Pondvale Estates subdivision and the undeveloped lands to the north and west. 2) The identification of solutions for relief of road flooding problems on Fluorine Street and 151 st Avenue NW 3) The potential and desire for development of the vacant lands north of Pondvale Estates and how that development may connect with the surrounding land uses. 4) The impact and desire for municipal services in the Pondvale Estates subdivision and in the unplatted neighborhood to the east which includes Fluorine Street, 142nd Avenue and 151st Avenue. The Committee made a recommendation to delay action on this issue for thirty days until a report on the issues associated with this area could be received and reviewed. 2) Landscaping on Trunk Highway #47 Councilmember Zimmerman stated that staff reported that the City was in receipt of a Landscaping Partnership grant offered by MnDOT. In order to accept this grant the City must pass a resolution to enter into an Partnership Agreement No. 81470. This grant provides the City with funding for the purchase of up to $20,000 of plant materials to be located within the right- of-way along Trunk Highway #47 and two easements associated with water quality ponding for this roadway. The City will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the plant materials. The Committee noted that the estimated cost of the plant materials was $11,236 and that the grant limit for the project was $20,000. The Committee suggested expanding the plantings or utilizing larger size plant materials to take fuller advantage of the grant opportunity. The Committee recommended enacting the enabling resolution. Motion by Mayor Gamec, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to adopt Resolution #01-03-168 authorizing the City of Ramsey to enter into MnDOT Landscape Partnership Agreement No. 81470. City Council/March 27, 2001 Page 20 of 22