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10062 Flanders Court NE – Blaine, MN 55449 – Ph: (763) 780-0450 Fax (763) 780-0452 In other aspects, such as the timing, the County’s proposal is a negative. The improvement of Greenbrier Street is dependent on the storm sewer being extended as part of the County Road D project. With the County’s current proposal for the scheduling of County Road D, Greenbrier Street could not be completed until 2023 or more likely 2024. Greenbrier Street is reaching the end of its useful life and one of the drivers for the City pursuing the completion of County Road D was to allow the reconstruction of Greenbrier. At the current timeline proposed by the County, the City will need to perform maintenance and patching on Greenbrier Street for another 5 years before improving the road. Even with this extended timeframe we would not recommend an overlay or any major pavement improvement until the storm sewer can also be addressed. The next step for the project is participating in a meeting with the County and other cities to discuss the larger project and to determine if the timeframe could be expedited. Some of the concern may be that funding dollars for the other entities wouldn’t be available until 2023 and the City can ask if advanced funding by the City of Little Canada with future reimbursement could be an avenue to allow for an earlier project timeframe. From the perspective of maintaining the City’s street infrastructure as a whole we feel the Capital Improvement Plan that was updated at the end of 2018 could still be used as a guide in programing future projects. The City has historically programed approximately $1,000,000 in street improvements annually. The current CIP schedule had anticipated the improvement of County Road D and Greenbrier in 2019, which has been delayed. The project was initially thought to only be delayed until 2020, but depending on the outcome of the meeting with the other entities it could be delayed further. We have attached a revised CIP sheet that outlines a possible reorganization/adjustment of street projects to maintain the typical programmed funding. Once a timeline on the County Road D project is finalized along with the associated costs the remaining projects within the CIP plan can be shifted to account for the change. As has been done every year, we would recommend the programmed streets be reviewed during the budgeting process and as improvements are being planned to address changes in street conditions which are sometimes unpredictable. If you have any questions concerning this information I will be present at the City Council meeting or please call me at (763) 780-0450 Ext. 3.