04.01 October 5, 2004 Special Council Meeting Minutes

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Pequot Lakes-Hwy 371 North October 8, 2004 Page 5 of 13 11. On the east side, although the City's wastewater spray irrigation field is in this area, comments have been made that the City should locate this service road as a backage road so it can service both sides (maybe extending south off the Derksen Road/future Morehouse Drive intersection). 12. For the service roads on the east and west sides, the City will most likely not contribute to any more roadway width/section than MnDOT will pay for as part of this project (32-feet wide, ditch-lined, assuming a 10-ton roadway). 13. The service road on the west side coming in on the north side of CR 168 (Mayo Lake Road) should be lined up with either Hurtig Road or the recommended backage road mentioned above (No. 8). 14. For the service road on the west side,the City has been talking to the property owners about possibly going with a backage road instead of a frontage road. The City understands that MnDOT could possibly contribute some dollars that they would not have to expend on a frontage road (estimated to be about$100,000). The City also understands that they would be responsible for paying for both R/W (no �. estimate available) and business "re-orientation" costs (estimated to be $550,000 to $600,000). The City is not in the financial position presently to be expending these kinds of dollar amounts for R/W and business"re-orientation". However, the City continues to hear from and talk to the property owners about possible donations, etc. for a backage road instead of a frontage road. Derksen Road/Derksen Road Extended West - Morehouse Drive 10.4 miles } 15. The City has reviewed placing casing pipes under TH 371 around the intersection with Derksen Road in the past. Not knowing the exact highway cross-section in this area,nor the depth of utilities,especially sanitary sewer,it is difficult to estimate a cost for casings.However,using two 150 feet long casings jacked under the roadway at $250 per foot comes out to $75,000 in City cost. Depending on construction phasing and work zone traffic control,it may be possible to open cut trench the casing pipes in,which would probably cut this cost to about$100 per foot for a total of$30,000. Considering the present unknown nature and timing of development in this area,the City will most likely wait to see where development requires a crossing and jack casing pipes under CAMy Documents\City CIerMIGHWAY 371\Comments to MnDOT-100804-memo.doc