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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-086 CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION APPROVING MUNICIPAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTY HIGHWAY 13 (IDEAL AVENUE) PHASE 2 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, FROM CSAH 14 TO 44TH STREET NORTH, BY WASHINGTON COUNTY WHEREAS, Washington County has, through its Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) recommended a project on County State Aid Highway (CSAH) No. 13, also known as Ideal Avenue, to improve pedestrian access and accommodations, the ride of CSAH 13, drainage, as well as safety; and WHEREAS, Washington County, in consultation with the City of Lake Elmo and Oakdale, engaged in a corridor study process for the Phase 2 Improvements, beginning in April 2019 to identify potential and prioritized improvements for the CSAH 13 corridor; and WHEREAS, Washington County, together with the Cities of Lake Elmo and Oakdale have engaged in community engagement as part of the study and preliminary design effort intended to gather and consider public feedback for the proposed improvements; and WHEREAS, a preferred concept project layout, also known as the tuna lane alternative, showing the proposed improvements on and along CSAH 13, dated May 6, 2020, has been prepared and provided to both the City of Lake Elmo and Oakdale; and WHEREAS, a preliminary project cost estimate for the Project has been prepared and presented to the City; and WHEREAS, prior to advertising for contractor bids on the Project, Washington County will present the City with a Cooperative Agreement for the cost sharing of the improvements; and WHEREAS, the cities of Oakdale and Lake Elmo have agreed to split the city cost share 44% (Lake Elmo) and 56% (Oakdale); and WHEREAS, the city cost share is estimated at $825,000; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo supports the preferred concept project layout for CSAH 13, from CSAH 14 to 44th Street North, also known as the turn lane alternative, dated May 6, 2020; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo that the City of Lake Elmo supports the County continuing with the development of final plans and right-of-way acquisition necessary for the construction of the Project; and