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REQTJEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION FEB 2 2 1999. v^i I I DATE: February 18,1999 ITEM NO = H Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed: Vt Agenda Section: City Administrator ’s Report Item Description: Saga Hill Park Access When the City Council was first considering the acquisition of the 9 acre tax forfeit parcel in the Saga Hill area, and a grant application for the acquisition of additional park land in the area, the Council was concerned with how access would be provided to the area. At that time, representatives of the Fairview Covenant Church indicated the Church would work with the City to provide an access to the park area. Since that time, the City has had a number of discussions with the Church regarding access. The City has also looked at other options for access. The City Council's preferred option is an access drive at the east edge of the Fairview Covenant Church property. The benefits of resolving the access issue are as follows: 1. The City is assured of a reasonable access to the Saga Hill Park area. 2.The City's ADA compliance plan indicates the City will make efforts to make parks and park facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. This generally involves providing a hard surfaced (crushed rock or paved) trail to access a park area, facility, or amenity. Currently there is no hard surface trail to provide access to any portion of the Saga Hill Park area. 3.A 10 foot wide public alleyway right-of-way runs through the middle of the Fairview Covenant Church property and at the rear of the Palmer and Valek properties, with an outlet through the Valek property to Tonkaview Lane. All of the property owners, particularly the Valeks and the Fairview Covenant Church, would benefit from the vacation of the alleyway right-of-way. The Fairview Covenant Church has been provided with two access options that would be located at the east edge of the Fairview Covenant Church property and has been requested to indicate whether either of the options is acceptable to the Church. One option, labeled Option A, involves an L- shaped access drive located on the Church property. The second option, labeled Option B, involves an access drive that begins on the Church property, then angles across the property to the east (the Palmer property). Staff has also prepared a third option, labeled Option C, which reduces the right- of-way width from 40 feet to 30 feet and moves the access drive to the western portion of the right- of-way. Two additional access options that have been discussed in the past are an access through the Valek property and an access using the Garden Lane right-of-way.