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2005-2, ZWEBER LANE & OAK RIDGE DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS The proposed Zweber Lane & Oak Ridge Drive improvement project is a City initiated project that will require the votes of six Council members to approve the project. . PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS )0> STREET RECONSTRUCTION - Zweber Lane and Oak Ridge Drive are proposed to be narrowed from their current 32 ft. width to 28 ft. wide streets. There are 15 homes on Zweber Lane and 4 homes on Oak Ridge Drive. The private drive on the east extension of Zweber Lane will be left as is. )0> STORM SEWER - The existing Zweber Lane catch basins dump into a ditch that runs between 1109 & 1117 Zweber Lane and discharges onto the Hastings Country Club. The Street Department has removed sediment and regraded the ditch end a number of times over the past 20 years, but flat grades continue to pose a drainage problem. The proposed reconstruction would pipe storm water to a new pond to be constructed on the Hastings Country Club. . SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND COMMENTS As noted above, residents universally oppose the proposed construction of cul-de- sac islands for Zweber Lane and Oak Ridge Drive. HASTINGS COUNTRY CLUB DRAINAGE & OTHER ISSUES The City has 4 storm sewer outfalls that dump storm water onto the Country Club property on its west and north boundaries. The stOlID water is intended to flow across the Country Club to reach the Louis Lane ponding basin on the east side of the Country Club. Three of the outfalls have caused significant problems for the Country Club: the Hilltop Lane 42" diameter outfall; the Westview Drive 15" diameter outfall, and the Zweber Lane 18" diameter outfall. Storm water is draining across fairways from these outfalls, creating wet areas during the summer and ice areas in the early spring that kill the grass. Representatives of the Country Club met with the Operations Committee on March 9th to request City assistance with storm water improvements that would channel the storm water from the City's storm sewer system around or beneath fairways through a series of pipes on ponds to prevent the continuing damage to the golf course. The Operations Committee unanimously agreed to recommend funding storm sewer improvements on the Country Club propeliy to be funded through the construction bonding as pali of the Dakota Hills project. An outline of a cost sharing agreement was approved, under which the City would fund pipe installation and pond excavation costs, with the Country Club responsible for preparing plans and specifications and restoring areas disturbed by construction.