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FEASIBILITY REPORT STREET, STORM SEWER, AND WATERMAIN SHENANDOAH AREA CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA I. INTRODUCTION- GENERAL There are over 100 miles of local streets that are maintained by the City of Lino Lakes. The older and more established neighborhoods experience a gradual aging and deterioration of the existing infrastructure, particularly the condition of the streets. As a result of this deterioration, maintenance costs grow every year. Eventually, it becomes more cost effective to replace the infrastructure rather than continue to maintain it. Several years ago, the City of Lino Lakes recognized the need to establish a Pavement Management and Street Reconstruction Program. The recently completed Pavement Management Report provides an inventory and condition assessment of the City's streets and identifies specific rehabilitation practices for specific streets at the most opportune time. In the Twin Cities area, the majority of suburbs have adopted and practiced such a program for several years. The City of Lino Lakes has reached the stage where adoption of a systematic program to maintain their existing infrastructure is vital to maintaining property values. Accordingly, on May 9, 2005, the City Council accepted the Pavement Management Report and Financing Report, adopted the Pavement Management Policies, and established a Street Maintenance and Reconstruction Program. The Pavement Management Plan targeted the Shenandoah Area for proposed reconstruction in 2007. The OCI ratings for these streets ranged from 34 to 46. This Project is part of the City's existing 5 -year Capitol Improvement Program. The City Council authorized this Feasibility Report on March 28, 2005. The decision - making process to authorize this Project consists of many steps including several public meetings and a referendum in accordance with the City Charter. This process and the steps are explained further within the next section of this Report. 1 13371.000