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5.01: Consider Recommending City Council Approving Plans and Specifications and <br />Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Barthel's Rum River Acres and White Pines <br />Estates Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #24-01 <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek reviewed the staff report and recommendation to recommend <br />City Council approval of plans and specifications and authorization for advertisement for bids for <br />Barthel's Rum River Acres and White Pines Estates Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project <br />#24-01. <br />Chairperson Riley asked and received confirmation that a homeowner is allowed to put the type <br />of driveway they want within the right-of-way. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if there is a policy which states that any above a base level <br />concrete replacement would be at the owner's expense within the right-of-way. <br />Chairperson Riley commented that the group is making that decision now as this would be the <br />process going forward. <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek provided some photos of different driveway types they have <br />encountered and stated that they have replaced with in -kind materials which results in a large range <br />of expense. <br />Chairperson Riley commented that he does recall the problems on Andre Street. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if raising the road would result in going further up into a <br />driveway. <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek confirmed that up 16 to 18 feet of one driveway will need to be <br />replaced to add a culvert under a driveway to correct a drainage issue. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if the pipe could be lowered instead. <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek replied that if the pipe were lowered, it would just be full of <br />water and would not function. <br />Chairperson Riley commented that he would tend to follow the current practice of replacing what <br />is there. <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that he would tend to agree. He asked if there would be an <br />option to put a concrete driveway cost as a separate line item. He stated that for those that have <br />the driveways above regular concrete (colored/stamped), they could be offered replacement of <br />regular concrete or to receive that credit towards having their own contractor replace the driveway <br />as they choose. He stated that he does not want the City to be involved in attempting to match <br />colored concrete. <br />Public Works Committee / November 21, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />