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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 (651) 766-4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 www.ci:little-canada.mn.us MEMORANDUM MAYOR John ICeis COUNCIL Rick Montour Michael McGraw Tom Fischer Christian Torkelson ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson TO: Mayor.Keis & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: October 23, 2015 RE: Rice Street Bridge Over I-694 At our Council meeting of July 22nd, I had mentioned the possibility of the County pursuing a consultant to develop a concept design for the replacement of the above mentioned bridge (see copy of minutes attached). As you know, this has been one of our goals for a number of years now. The cities of Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, and Little Canada have been working with the County to pursue funding for this bridge through legislative action given MnDot does not have it in the foreseeable funding plan. The advantages of having a design concept now are to give better cost definition to the project, to make it more "shovel ready", and to have a better idea of how much of the former County garage site will be needed for the new interchange (this is due to the repayment of funds related to the acquisition of the site by Shoreview a number of years ago). Yesterday, staff from the respective jurisdictions met to discuss the Request for Proposals needed to select a consultant. The goal is to have a design concept and cost estimates ready for the 2016 legislative session. The estimated cost for this work is $600,000 and the proposal is to split it' /2 County and '/2 apportioned among the three cities based on impacted quadrants (Shoreview 'A, VH '/, and LC '/ of the $300,000 amount.) As a result, we would need to commit to up to a $75,000 expenditure. This money would be applied to our respective share of costs when the project finally proceeds. The County will be presenting a formal agreement documenting this relationship, but I wanted to make sure you are on board with this before it gets too far along. From my perspective, I believe it will give us the best chance of obtaining funding through the legislature, but that is far from guaranteed.