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Prepared by: Bolton & Menk, Inc. Background Twin Lake Boulevard ǀ 0N1.125376 Page 3 INTRODUCTION Twin Lake Boulevard is a shared road that is located within the City of Little Canada and the City of Vadnais Heights. The roadway is classified a Municipal State Aid Route (MSAS 110) for both cities and is eligible to receive Minnesota State Aid (MSA) construction funding. The cities are planning to improve Twin Lake Boulevard during the 2023 construction season, in accordance with the Capital Improvement Plan (Little Canada) and 2022 Approved Annual Budget (Vadnais Heights). Refer to Figure 1 in Appendix A for a depiction of the project area. This report focuses on roadway improvements that include reclamation, curb installation and replacement, spot utility improvements, construction of an emergency water interconnect, and construction of a new asphalt trail. This report will review the existing conditions in the defined project area and discuss, in detail, the proposed improvements. It will also provide preliminary cost estimates for the proposed improvements with financing for the projects coming from a combination of funding sources between the two cities. A neighborhood informational meeting was held on Monday, September 26. There were five attendees representing four properties. Generally, those in attendance understood the need for the improvements. Property owners were concerned with sight lines at both intersections of Twin Lake Boulevard and Vadnais Boulevard; one resident pointed out that the eastern intersection may benefit from being realigned further north towards the center of the Vadnais Blvd curve. There was very little discussion regarding the proposed trail or proposed special assessments. The project team has been working directly with Reuter Walton (developer of two sixty-unit apartments) and Five Star Estates management through the scoping portion of the project. Both organizations have expressed an interest in the project and are opening to working with the cities to have the work performed. If the Cities elect to proceed with the proposed street, utility, and trail improvements detailed in this report, it is anticipated that construction would begin in 2023 as detailed in the project schedule found on page 12. BACKGROUND Twin Lake Boulevard from Vadnais Boulevard to Vadnais Boulevard is an urban residential street that is classified as a Municipal State Aid Route within the Minnesota State Aid (MSA) system. Annual average daily traffic (AADT) ranges from 500-600 vehicles per day based on 2018 count data. Historical aerials show the eastern half of Twin Lake Boulevard in its current alignment as early as 1937. The western half of Twin Lake Boulevard was realigned with the construction of I-694 during the 1960’s. The roadway was last improved by means of roadway reclamation and paving in 1992. Since then, the street and underground utilities have been routinely maintained with pavement patching becoming a very routine need over the last several years. In 2022, the City of Little Canada approved a development plan that will bring two high-density multi- family residential housing developments to vacant property that was previously owned by the City of Little Canada. Two sixty-unit buildings will be constructed in phases with phase one (eastern parcel) beginning during the fall of 2022 with phase two (western parcel) anticipated to begin during the fall of 2023.