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Councilmember Beyer expressed concerns about exporting soils on City streets and County roads. They have been a mess - they are destroying part of the roadway. How will we get it cleaned up. Ms. Frolik replied there are conditions in the agreement. Councihnember Beyer asked about extra police because of anxious drivers pulling out of the area. Ms. Frolik responded that there have been no complaints. Motion by Councihnember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to adopt Resolution #964)6-146 adopting Findings of Fact #0403 relating to a request from Edson Investment Limited Partnership for a conditional use permit to grade and export soils. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beahen and Beyer. Voting No: None. Absent: Councih-nemberZimmem-~an. Motion by Councihnember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to adopt Resolution #96-06-147 approviug the issuance of a conditional use permit based on Findings of Fact #0403 and declaring terms of permit to grade and export soils. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beahen and Beyer. Voting No: None. Absent: CouncihnemberZimmerman. Case #8: Acquisition of Drainage and Utility Easements City Engineer Jankowski stated that sewer and watemmins will need to be extended to service both the Brandseth subdivision and the City Hall complex which includes the new police building. Initially it was proposed that the utilities be extended northward along the west frontage road along T.H. #47 to the southeast corner of tile Brandseth subdivision. This extension would have required the acquisition of an easement fi'om the Kempf property. The Kempfs, however, expressed concern over this route its it would require significant construction impacts to the front of their property including the loss of mature trees which buffer their residence from T.H. #47. Therefore, we have negotiated an alternative route with the three property owners immediately west of the service road. It wits agreed that a utility corridor running through the rear and side yard would be a superior route for the following reasons: there are few impacts to mature trees or other significant landscaping features, restoration costs would be significantly lower as only tuff restoration would be required, the cost of utility installation would be lower as there would be shallower trench cuts and fewer existing utilities to contend with, the alternate route would provide service to two or three additional properties itt virtually no extra cost compared to the original route, the neighbors am supportive of this route. The chosen corridor will accommodate sanitary sewer, watermain and stom~ sewer within a 40 foot pem~anent easement. A 10-foot existing easement along the west boundary of Block 1, Gorham's Addition, will provide a portion of the required corridor. This leaves the acquisition of easement from two property owners, (1) a 7,640 square foot easement fi'om Al and Kathy Kempf; and (2) a 4,885 square foot easement from Lawrence Ducommun. Both property owners have had an appraisal prepared for their respective properties which value the easement at $1.26 per square foot. This unit price is higher than the City has experienced on previous right-of-way easement acquisitions. In reviewing 14 appraisals the City has commissioned over the last five years, the unit price of land ranging from as little as $0.06 per square foot to as much as $0.47 per square foot. However, in checking with Anoka County, an appraisal for land acquired for tile Round Lake Boulevard expansion was $1.00 per square foot. Both property owners have verbally agreed to grant the easement for $1.00 per square foot plus the cost of two appraisals totaling $790. This would make the total cost $13,315. Funding would be obtained from the City's Sewer and Water Trunk Fund. City Council/June 11, 1996 Page 10 of 13