09.03 Engineering Services Proposal for North Sluetter Road Project

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WIDSETH , � SMITH November 25, 20�9 NOLTING ti�.��d fi��.i�� 7804 Industnal Park Road PO Box 2720 Honorable Mayor and Council Members Baxter,MN 56425-2720 City of Pequot Lakes 218.829.5117 � 4638 Coun}�� Road 11 zia.szs.2ei� C •) Brainerd(�wsn.us.com B Pequot Lakes, MN 56472-0361 WldsethSmlthNoltingcom RE: Proposal for Design Engineering Services North Sluetter Road Pequot Lakes, MN Honorable Mayor and Council Members: At your September 3, 2019 City Council meeting, a motion was passed to pave North Sluetter Road. The motion included using a Rustic Road cross-section. We also understood that the property owners' petition and subsequent Council Resolution for this project said the property owners do not want to be specially assessed. Since that time, we met with City Staff and Anderson Brothers' (ABs') personnel as they had provided a previous quote to the City for improvements to North Sluetter Road. That AB quote, though, included several qualifiers on improvements— many drainage related—that were not included in their cost. While segments of the road may not need much engineering, there was a relatively long `middle' segment where it was believed engineering and plans would need to be prepared so that a construction contractor could properly bid and construct improvements. At your November 5, 2019 City Council meeting, you asked WSN to prepare a proposal. This is a challenging road —and we are not referring to the discussions at the Council level leading up to the above motions. It is challenging from an infrastructure project/engineering perspective because of the different governmental entities involved as well as the different existing cross sections of the road. Thus, first, is some background and clarification on the scope and level of the improvements followed by our proposed engineering effort. Backs�round and Scope of Improvements North Sluetter Road is on the boundary between Pequot Lakes (Crow Wing County) and Loon Lake Township (Cass County). To the east of North Sluetter Road is Sibley Lake. There are 23 parcels(not property owners, a property owner may own more than one parcel) on the City side of the road with varying widths abutting the road. Befinreen the road and the lake, there are also about 17 non-abutting parcels that have, or would have, access out onto North Sluetter Road. There are presently 6 parcels on the Loon Lake Township side of the road. The most southerly one (about 630 feet of frontage) is a private property owner with a present driveway off of 64th Street SW (in Cass County- County Road 168 in Crow Wing County). The next parcel, also about 630 feet of frontage, is owned by a private property owner. This presently non-developed parcel does not appear to have any other access to a road other than North Sluetter Road. The fngmccrm_ Architccture Sur�e}�ng I�i��runment�jl