WORKSHOP ITEM - Robert Therres, Public Services Manager/Asst. City Manager
Title
DISCUSSION ON ABLE STREET DRIVEWAY GRADE
Background
At the last City Council meeting Councilmember Hovland asked staff to get a cost estimate to adjust the driveway grade for 8621 to its pre-reconstruction grade. The grade has been changed by 2% and the resident has complained that his trailer hitch now bottoms out when he enters and leaves his driveway.
The estimated cost to return the grade to the pre-reconstruction grade is $10,000. This cost includes the removal and relocation of sidewalk as well as requiring the removal of a large tree on the neighbor’s property to get the grade to exactly where it was prior to reconstruction.
Slight grade adjustments like this one are not uncommon on construction and reconstruction projects and in the past the City has not gone back in and changed driveway grades.
Recommendation
Provide direction on Able Street driveway grade