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b. Require the establishment of a temporary public road access from Quicksilver Circle to CSAH #5 through the Shade Tree Cottages development conditioned on the affected property owners on Potassium Street agreeing in writing to convey the necessary easement for the new Potassium Street road alignment to the City by September 1,2005. c. Staff is directed to negotiate first rights of refusal with the property owners of the four properties located on the NE comer of County #5 and Alpine Road for purposes of acquiring roadway easements for a routing from Potassium to Alpine with the purpose being the eventual closure of all accesses on County #5 from 157th to Alpine Road, including the closure of the temporary public road access from Quicksilver Circle to CSAH #5 described in Co) above. Boulevard. Close and cul-de-sac one of the accesses to CSAH #5 from the Nowthen City Staff'have had negotiations with ail of the property owners along Potassium St. that will be affected by the new Potassium St. construction. A hearing regarding the eminent domain action will take place on June 23, 2006. It is expected that the City will receive title to the property on August 18, 2006 assuming that the court agrees with the public purpose of the condemnation. The alignment of Potassium Street has been deliberated between the City, Lower Rum River WMO, the residents of Potassium St., and the Developer. The alignment shown on the submitted plans conforms with the City Council's desire to keep the road width to 24 feet and as far west as possible. Engineering Department staff will be available to discuss the alignment of Potassium Street. The extension of the Quicksilver Circle is no longer required since there was no agreement to convey the needed right-of-way for Potassium St. by September 1, 2005. Now that it appears the Shadetree Cottages subdivision will go forward, Staff will begin to contact the 4 property owners at the NE comer of County Rd. 5 and Alpine Drive for the right of first refusal on their properties. In regards to the closing of the of accesses from Old Nowthen to CSAH #5, this improvement was included into the CIP in October 2005. The CIP anticipates the improvement being constructed in 2008. As the CI~ is only a guiding and planning document, funding will need to be secured prior to the expected improvements. The landscaping plan is acceptable. Staff is pleased to see that wetland buffers are proposed around most of the wetlands within this site. Buffer monumentation will be required along the edge of the buffer areas at a spacing not to exceed 200 feet. The grading and drainage plan will need to be revised in accordance with the staff review letter and Engineer's Memo, The proposed plat will pay park dedication fees and will contain trails throughout the development as well as along Nowthen Blvd. The cost of acquisition and construction of Potassium St. will be shared between the City, Shadetree Communities, and National Growth LLC. It has been agreed that the City would pay for 50% of the cost of securing the necessary right-of-way and construction of Potassium St. that will serve both Shadetree -241-