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(er e n /We vzati 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / PAX: (651) 766-4048 W Ww, ci.little- Canada. nm. us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor 13tesener & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: April 20, 2012 RE: Info Update Workshop MAYOR )3111 nlescncr COUNCIL Iticle Montour John I(cis Michael McGraw ,w Shelly Boas ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. )Janson For the Info Update workshop, here is some background concerning the issues staff would like to discuss with you: Rice Street — Phase II Jerry Auge of Ramsey County Public Works will be present at the workshop to provide a project update. We have now received some cost estimates based on the initial design and I believe they will force us to come up with alternatives as none of the jurisdictions seem willing to be responsible for the indicated costs. From Little Canada's standpoint, I have continued to make it clear that our City is not willing to pay for the buyout of a gas station and other potential damage claims that are not associated with city improvements. The County is considering revising their cost participation policy, but this issue won't be resolved in time to allow construction in 2013. I believe Mr. Auge will talk about various options to improve Rice Street that may include the following: ® Build the full reconstruction project (funding is an issue) • Just do an overlay to improve the driving surface and buy us some time that may help with right -of -way acquisition issues. (Expected life of 5 — 10 years.) • Do a modified project that mills and overlays the street surface and may try to address the split phase signal at County Road C. We may also be able to add right turn lanes on Rice at some intersections, install sidewalks (maybe on Roseville's side south of C and on our side north of C), and possibly bury the utility lines (but I think that is doubtful). If this approach were taken, Rice Street wouldn't see major improvements for at least 20 years. We have also received the cost estimate for burying the power lines on Rice from Xcel. The total cost is projected at $1,636,492 (See Attachment A). While today most of the power infrastructure is located on Roseville's side of Rice, that would change if it were undergrounded due to right -of -way access and other conflicts. With that in mind, the cost split is $1,095,756 to Roseville and $540,736 to Little Canada. We could recover that amount with a City Requested 1