05-01-2023 Council Work Session Packet

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2_DRAFT_Lino_Lakes_2024-2028_Street_Reconstruction_Plan_2023v1 4/26/2023 City of Lino Lakes Five-Year Street Reconstruction Plan 2024 through 2028 I. PURPOSE Street reconstruction is a major expenditure of city funds for the reconstruction of streets. Street reconstruction may include bituminous overlays, utility replacement and relocation, public safety street modifications, and other incidental activities, turn lanes and other improvements having a substantial public safety function, realignments, other modifications to intersect with state and county roads, and the local share of state and county road projects. Except in the case of turn lanes, safety improvements, realignments, intersection modifications, and local share of state and county road projects, street reconstruction does not include the portion of project costs allocable to widening a street or adding curbs and gutters where none previously existed. A Street Reconstruction Plan (“SRP”) is a document designed to anticipate street reconstruction expenditures and schedule them over a five-year period so that they may be purchased in the most efficient and cost effective method possible. An SRP helps enable the matching of expenditures with anticipated income. As potential expenditures are reviewed, the city considers the benefits, costs, alternatives and impact on operating expenditures. The City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota (the “City”) believes the street reconstruction process is an important element of responsible fiscal management. Major capital expenditures can be anticipated and coordinated so as to minimize potentially adverse financial impacts caused by the timing and magnitude of capital outlays. This coordination of capital expenditures is important to the City in achieving its goals of adequate physical public assets, preservation of public assets and sound fiscal management. Good planning is essential for the wise and prudent use of limited financial resources. The SRP is designed to be updated periodically. The Street Reconstruction Plan is a part of the City’s capital improvement plan. In this manner, it becomes an ongoing fiscal planning tool that continually anticipates future capital expenditures and funding sources. II. THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING PROCESS For the City to use its authority to finance expenditures under Chapter 475.58, Subdivision 3b, it must meet the requirements provided therein. The street reconstruction planning process is as follows: The City staff prepares an SRP reflecting the street reconstruction projects anticipated to be undertaken within the next five years (based on their priority, fiscal impact, and available funding) and the estimated costs thereof. If general obligation bonding is deemed necessary, the City works with its financial advisor to prepare a bond sale and repayment schedule. A public hearing is held to solicit input from citizens on the SRP and