09.03 Engineering Services Proposal for North Sluetter Road Project

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November 25, 2019 WIDSETH Proposal for North Sluetter Road Design SMITH City of Pequot Lakes Page 2 , NOLTING next 3 parcels going north (a little over 4,000 feet of frontage) are all shown as Tax Forfeit. These non-developed parcels do not appear to have any other access to a road other than North Sluetter Road. The last parcel has about 540 feet of frontage on North Sluetter Road (this parcel continues northerly)and is shown as a State of Minnesota parcel. This non-developed parcel does not appear to have any other access to a road other than North Sluetter Road. Short of obtaining and reviewing each parcel's Title, there does not appear to be formal dedicated R/W. The City and Loon Lake Township have a Shared Road / Maintenance Agreement. We have not included details on the full Agreement, but we understand, historically, the finro entities switch maintenance duties each year(e.g. winter/snowplow one year, summer/gravel the next year). The September 3, 2019 City Council motion that was passed referenced using a Rustic Road cross-section. There are two references for Rustic Road. The first is State Statute Section 160.83 Rustic Roads Program. It states that a "Rustic Road" has the following characteristics: (a) outstanding natural features or scenic beauty; (b) an average daily traffic volume of less than 150 vehicles per day; (c)year-round use as a local access road; and (d) maximum allowable speed of 45 miles per hour. The second reference to Rustic Road is in the City's Guidelines for Road Standards/ Specifications approved by the City Council on June 5, 2018. These Guidelines designated North Sluetter as Rural and Residential (towards its northerly end), not Rustic. The Guidelines Priority Elements Matrix indicates different preferred lane widths for these three different designations as well as different levels of clearing and drainage/swales/ditches. The Rustic Road designation is the minimalist of the three. In looking at the existing cross sections along North Sluetter Road, the road can be split into three (3) segments. These are shown on the enclosed Oct. 30, 2019 figure. Seqment C: The most northerly 500t feet has, for the most part, good clearing off the edge of the road, good ditching /swales, and good drainage. It is already paved. The pavement, for its age, is in acceptable condition. These roadway improvements were part of a developer-driven project associated with the Island Vista Plat(2005—2006 time frame). At that time, 100% of the improvements were paid for by the developer—the�e were no City funds used. We suspect the costs of these improvements were passed along to the buyers/owners of the adjacent City parcels. N:\Marketing Dept\Proposals\00 Letter Proposals�2019 Letter Proposals\Pequot Lakes-20191203-4-North Sluetter Design Proposal.docx