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WS — Item #2 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item No. 2 Date: January 7, 2019 To: City Council From: Diane Hankee, City Engineer Re: Elmcrest Avenue and Cedar Street Roadway Paving Background Elmcrest Avenue, from Tart Lake Road south approximately 2,300 feet, is a highly traveled section of gravel roadway carrying 700 vehicles per day. Approximately 600 feet of Elmcrest Avenue is a border road between the cities of Hugo and Lino Lakes. The remaining 1,700 feet is within Hugo. Elmcrest Avenue is adjacent to the Clearwater Creek neighborhood and is the principal access into the City for the West Oaks neighborhood. This section of roadway continues to generate complaints from residents within the area due to recurrent rutting and poor driving conditions. The City of Hugo currently grades the gravel road and performs maintenance. The estimated cost of paving Elmcrest Ave is $250,000. If split on linear foot basis the City of Lino Lakes share of the cost would be approximately $35,000. If Elmcrest Avenue is paved the City should consider how it may impact the traffic patterns in the area. Cedar Street from Otter Lake Road to the eastern boarder of Lino Lakes consists of both a paved section and gravel section roadway. The gravel section of Cedar Street caries 590 vehicles per day, which is a high volume, resulting recurrent rutting and poor driving conditions. The City of Hugo preforms the gravel road grading of Cedar Street. The estimated cost of paving the gravel section of Cedar Street is $140,000. Recognizing that the gravel sections of Elmcrest Avenue and Cedar Street are used by both cities, and both cities receive complaints on each roadway, the City of Hugo staff is working with the City of Lino Lakes staff on an equitable solution. In preliminary discussions with Hugo staff they have indicated that Hugo would consider paving Elmcrest Avenue if Lino Lakes paves the gravel section of Cedar Street. The City of Hugo did not feel it was justified for them to contribute additional funding to repairing the paved section of Cedar Street. The paved section Cedar Street, from Otter Lake Road to Clearwater Creek Drive, has a traffic volume of 1,100 vehicles per day and is a Municipal State Aid roadway. Note the traffic volume on this section of Cedar Street is approximately double that of the gravel