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STAFF REPORT TO: Mayor Keis and Members of City Council FROM: Bill Dircks, Public Works Director DATE: August 21, 2020 RE: 2021 Street Projects The five-year Capital Improvement Plan currently includes the potential reconstruction / renovation of four streets in 2021. The streets originally included were Twin Lake Boulevard, Greenbrier Circle, Old County Road C, and Nadeau Road. Bolton & Menk completed a detailed cost estimate for each project, and the estimates came in much higher than what had been originally programmed for Greenbrier, Old County Road C, and Nadeau. Twin Lake Boulevard was only marginally higher than the programmed number, however this street is a border road shared with Vadnais Heights. Discussions with Vadnais Heights revealed that they are not ready to reconstruct Twin Lake Boulevard in 2021. They currently have it on their CIP in 2027 but acknowledged that the road will need to be reconstructed before then. Based on the increase in costs on the other three roads and Vadnais Heights’ inability to make funds available in 2021, Twin Lake Boulevard has been moved from 2021 to 2023 for the time being. City staff from Little Canada and Vadnais Heights will be meeting later this year to discuss potential ways to move this project forward earlier than 2027. The following three streets are being considered for reconstruction / renovation in 2021. Below is a brief description of each and the type of improvements that will occur. Notices have been sent to abutting property owners of each of the streets for a virtual neighborhood meeting scheduled for September 15. Once neighborhood input is obtained and reported to the Council, the Council will decide whether or not to order a Feasibility Report for the proposed projects. Greenbrier Circle: Greenbrier Circle is a dead end road with a cul-de-sac located off of County Road B2 south of Lake Gervais. It currently does not have concrete curb and gutter but is served with water and sewer. Improvements would include water main bolt replacement, concrete curb and gutter, full road subcut and new asphalt, possibly rain gardens, and other storm sewer improvements. The residents were invited to a neighborhood meeting in 2016 and after a discussion of the potential improvements it was decided that the work would be postponed until a future date. At this point, the street has numerous potholes, especially in front of most of the driveways, due to poor drainage on the road. There are fifteen properties abutting Greenbrier Circle and staff would propose a unit assessment so that each property is assessed the same amount since they all use the street in the same manner. The detailed estimate for this street is $512,300 on the high end and $385,000 on the low end.