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BRUCE LONEY, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZING EASEMENT DESCRIPTION
PREPARATION FOR PROJECT 94-02, NORTHWOOD ROAD
DECEMBER 19, 1994
The purpose of this Agenda item is to consider approving easement
description work for Project 94-02, Northwood Road street improvement
by MSA Consulting Engineers.
On April 4, 1994, the Council approved Resolution 94-15 which ordered
the preparation of plans for the Northwood Road improvement project.
The Council also authorized MSA Consulting Engineers, Inc. to prepare
the construction plans at a cost not to exceed $52,000.00.
The project cost for Northwood Road in the Feasibility Study was
$919,950.00. The construction cost for this project using a 30% indirect
cost percentage is $707,653.84.
The cost given by MSA Consulting Engineers to prepare the plans for
Northwood Road did not include easement descriptions, negotiations or
appraisals. The total of $52,000.00 was for the design and preparation of
plans.
MSA Consulting Engineers is estimating a cost of $8,300.00 to describe
the easements as per the attached letter. The work consists of preparing
easements for 12 parcels of land, preparing exhibits, field locations,
meetings with City and the preparation of a right-of-way plan for State Aid
reimbursement. The design engineering total would then be $60,300.00
or 8.52% of the construction cost. Typically, State Aid will allow 10% of
the construction cost for plan preparation.
Staff was working with a potential property owner and potential
development along Northwood Road to acquire the necessary easements
on the west side of Northwood Road. It appears that the development is
not moving forward at this time, thus the proposal to prepare the
necessary easement descriptions is on the Council Agenda for
consideration.
It is staff's intention to have the easements prepared, and at a future
Council meeting have appraisals, negotiations and eminent domain
proceedings authorized, if necessary.
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The City needs to have the work authorized in order to complete the
design and to start the right-of-way acquisition process for the project to
be constructed next year. The project design has proceeded to a point
where the right-of-way/easement acquisition can be determined.
The alternatives are as follows:
Approve a motion authorizing MSA Consulting Engineers to
prepare the easement descriptions for Project 94-02, Northwood
Road street improvement.
Deny approval for a specific reason.
Table this item for a specific reason.
The recommendation is to approve the easement description work as part of
Project 94-02 and design at a cost of not to exceed $8,300.00.
The cost of the project will be recovered through Special Assessments, Trunk
Reserve and Municipal State Aid Funds.
The action required v~ll be to make a motion to approve or deny MSA
Consulting, ..E~gineer~/to prepare the easement description for Project
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Mr. Brace Loney, P.E.
City of Prior Lake
16200 Eagle Creek Avenue Southeast
Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714
RE: EASEMENT PREPARATION FOR THE NORTHWOOD ROAD PROJECT
Dear Mr. Loney:
We have prepared an estimate for the preparation of the easements for the Northwood Road
project. The project will consist of preparing easements for 12 parcels of land. Our
services would consist of preparing the easement documents, exhibits, field locations of
section lines and lot lines, meetings with the City and the acquisition company, and the
preparation of a right-of-way plan.
Our proposal is based on our hourly rates with a not-to-exceed cost of $8,300.00.
If there are any questions regarding the above proposal, please contact our office.
Yours truly,
MSA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS
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