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now act to order the preparation of plans and specifications for the work outlined in the feasibility study. He advised a meeting was held with the residents, who expressed concern over drainage and possible impacts to tree lines along 164th Lane. A neighborhood meeting was held with residents on May 5, 2005 to review these issues. Preliminary plans suggested that no trees would be directly removed as a result of the grading and that a number of tree protection measures would be included within the special conditions of the project to maximize the survivability of those trees which will suffer some root loss. The majority of the drainage will be directed to the comer of 164th Lane and Sapphire Street into the wetland, which drains to County Ditch 3 via a lateral ditch. Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to adopt resolution/t05- 06-175 ordering Improvement Project 05-27, Welcome's Road Street Grading and Paving Improvements and that staff be directed to prepare plans and specifications for the improvements. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Olson, Elvig, Jeffrey, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Further discussion: Councilmember Pearson asked if the road will be raised. City Engineer Jankowski replied there will be some sections that will be raised, primarily the low spot at the comer of Sapphire Street and 164th Lane. However, the majority of the road will be close to the current elevation. Councilmember Elvig requested the 167th Avenue crossover be included on an upcoming work session discussion, as it is becoming more and more evident as a need in the City. Case #17: Consideration of Reduced ROW Fees for Service Line Replacement Program Assistant Public Works Director Olson stated on June 9, 2005, representatives of CenterPoint Energy met with City staff to announce its plans to replace service lines that may have construction similarities to the service line that was involved in the December 2004 explosion in Ramsey. CenterPoint Energy has initiated an aggressive service line replacement project that will replace the service lines for up to 35,000 customers throughout 37 communities. There are 51 construction crews throughout the state of Minnesota starting on Monday. Three of these construction crews will be in the City of Ramsey replacing most of the service lines that were installed between 1959 and 1983. CenterPoint estimates that there will be 1,600 - 1,900 households that will have their service line replaced in Ramsey and their goal is to complete this project before this winter. Assistant Public Works Director Olson advised typically a permit to work within the ROW costs a minimum of $75 per permit. That permit fee is based on the time it would take to make two trips to a single construction site and is generally to pay for the City's time and expenditures. Since there will be multiple permits in a single area there is an economy of scales that will be realized regarding the time spent on each permit and staff feels that to simply charge for each service replaced would be excessive. Staff recommends that the City Council consider a blanket ROW permit for CenterPoint Energy specific to the service line replacement project for a cost of $I0,000. Even though there will be a great deal of time spent on this project, staff feels that this City Council / June 14, 2005 Page 23 of 29