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<br /> STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: June 3, 2025 <br /> REGULAR <br /> <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Nate Stanley, City Engineer <br />AGENDA ITEM: Authorize Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Services and Feasibility <br />Report for the 2026 Street and Utility Improvements <br />REVIEWED BY: Nicole Miller, City Administrator <br /> Clarissa Hadler, Finance Director <br /> Marty Powers, Public Works Director <br /> Chad Isakson, Assistant City Engineer <br /> Jack Griffin, Senior Project Manager <br /> <br />CORE STRATEGIES: <br /> <br />☐ Vibrant, inclusive, connected community ☐ Efficient, reliable, innovative services <br />☒ Responsive, transparent, adaptive governance ☐ Balanced Finances now and future <br />☒ Managed Growth ☒ Resilient Infrastructure <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The City maintains a 10-year revolving Street Capital Improvement Program (Street <br />CIP) to promote the strategic use of limited financial resources while maintaining, developing or <br />replacing the City’s local street network to an acceptable level of service. The Street CIP consists of a 10- <br />year overview of scheduled capital street projects to address pavements that have or are projected to <br />exceed their useful pavement service life and can no longer be effectively maintained, and to address <br />transportation capacity limitations. The 10-year horizon of the CIP provides the city with an opportunity <br />to evaluate project priorities annually and to adjust the timing, scope, and cost of projects as new <br />information becomes available. <br /> <br />ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should the City Council authorize preliminary design, geotechnical <br />services and the preparation of a feasibility report for the 2026 Street and Utility Improvements? <br /> <br />PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: The following public streets have been identified for improvement <br />in 2026: <br />• 26th Street North, Inwood Avenue North to Imperial Avenue North (Lake Elmo Heights); <br />• 27th Street North, Inwood Avenue North to Imperial Avenue North (Lake Elmo Heights); <br />• Imperial Avenue North (Lake Elmo Heights); <br />• Innsdale Avenue North, 27th Avenue North to CDS (Lake Elmo Heights); <br />• Insdale Avenue North, Stillwater Boulevard to CDS (Lake Elmo Heights); <br />• Inwood Avenue North, Stillwater Boulevard to CDS (Eagle Point Creek Estates) <br /> <br />The project will include street and drainage improvements along and within the public right-of-way, with <br />the type and extent of the street improvement to be based upon a geotechnical services investigation of the