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FEASIBILITY REPORT ARKWRIGHT- SUNRISE AREA IMPROVEMENTS CITY PROJECT 12 -09 ARKWRIGHT STREET, BURR STREET, CLARK STREET, DESOTO STREET, HENDRY PLACE, HIGHWAY DRIVE, LARK AVENUE, LAURIE ROAD, MCMENEMY STREET, SUNRISE DRIVE, VIKING DRIVE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 General The Arkwright- Sunrise Area is scheduled for street and utility improvements in 2013 according to the Maplewood Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). However, this project has been delayed to the 2014 construction season as a result of balancing bonding needs amongst other City projects. On July 23, 2012 the City Council ordered the preparation of the feasibility study. The existing streets and aging utility infrastructure in the neighborhood (Exhibit 1) present an ongoing maintenance problem for the City of Maplewood Street and Utility Departments. Of the infrastructure elements the city maintains (sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and streets) the bulk of the maintenance activities consist of patching the roadway, filling potholes, and cleaning tree roots from the sanitary sewer system. Maintenance staff has also stated that a considerable amount of effort is spent each winter dealing with ice buildup and the resulting potholing that occurs in these areas. Saint Paul Regional Water Services has noted that the water distribution system in this neighborhood is aging and presents a maintenance problem for the future. A full reconstruction of the subject neighborhood streets, including significant drainage and utility improvements, is proposed. All streets scheduled for reconstruction in this report are local streets and serve mainly local neighborhood traffic. Garbage trucks and school buses are generally the heaviest vehicles using streets within the project area. Staff is proposing the following work be completed as part of the neighborhood improvement project: • Construct approximately 3,100 lineal feet of 5 -foot concrete sidewalk along the south side of County Road B from Mississippi Street to Edgerton Street. • Construct approximately 550 lineal feet of 5 -foot wide concrete sidewalk along the east side of Edgerton Street. This sidewalk construction will connect the existing sidewalks along Edgerton Street north of County Road B and the walk proposed along the south side of County Road B is also proposed. • Pavement rehabilitation on Burr Street and Eldridge Avenue culs -de -sac east of DeSoto Street. • Construct 450 lineal feet of 5 -foot wide concrete sidewalk along the east side of McKnight Road north of Londin Lane. This sidewalk extension is being proposed to provide a pedestrian connection to the businesses and bus stops along the east side of McKnight road in this area. 11