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in this area- Trapp property, Lot 2 West Branch Acres (Van Sloun) and Lot 2, West <br />Branch Hill (Hawldnson). Currently, these lots are served by an existing sixteen foot <br />gravel drive that ends approximately 440 feet south of West Branch Road. If the two <br />Sollner-Webb lots are to obtain access, Improvements must be made to West Branch Road <br />an to the existing driveway <br />Th--. existing driveway is located on the property line berveen the Wes: Branch <br />Acres Subdivision and the West Branch Hill Subdivision. The two subdivisions e; :h have <br />a dedicated 25 foot street and utilitv easement. The easement on the West Branch Hill, <br />subdivision is continuous for 766 feet along the western edge of the propert}', while the <br />West Branch Acres easement ends 495 feet south of the West Branch Road. If a private <br />road is to be constructed, an additional 25 foot easement is required on the West Branch <br />Hills parcel to the Northwest comer of the Sollner-Webb property. <br />The existing topography shows slopes in the order of 12% n-om the end of the <br />e.xistutg driveway to the north edge of the Sollner-Webb property. This grade of slope is <br />generally to steep for driving and make wintertime driving extremely hazardous. Cutting <br />the hill ten feet at the northwest comer of the property, w'ould create a street grade of <br />about 7% and match into the existing gravel driveway. Even though the elevation is <br />lowered by ten feet, the adlacent lots will have accessible driveway grades to their home <br />sites. Grading for the individual driveways will be required at the time the lots are <br />developed. Since cuts in this area are severe, grading will take place outside of the public <br />easement area, to match in with the existing grades. Acquisition of temporary easements <br />will be needed from the propert>' owners to allow for grading onto their property. Grading <br />cost for the private road w’ould be 535,000. This cost Includes removing affected trees, <br />grading and site preparation. The private road would be constructed 24 feet wide <br />bituminous section with a shoulder section and graded ditches for drainage and an exis^ting <br />culvert at the bottom of the hill w'ould be replaced. Cos: for private street construction <br />including the culvert replacement would be 528,000. <br />West Branch Road Reconstruction <br />Hennepin County Public Works has stated they will not approve any increased <br />access to this driveway unless the sight distance is improved to West Branch Road <br />approximately 130 feet of the existing driveway entrance. They have also stated that a <br />good driveway access should be located at the top of a hill. Improvements to the sight <br />distance could be made by cutting the hill, located east of the driveway, down by four feet, <br />By lowering the road, street grades would be fixed to where the driveway would be <br />situated at the top of a hill and give the sight distance required east of the driveway. <br />Lowering the road would disrupt about 1100 feet of the county road. Construction would <br />consist of reconstructing the county road for the new street grades, regrading adjacent <br />driveways and grading the right-of-way to maintain the current drainage patterns. <br />Estin;-Ced cost of this reconstruction including grading would be 585,003. <br />i