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.-21-584 <br /> ® 3535 VACNAIS CENTER CRIVE.200 SEH CENTER.Sr PAUL.MN 55110 612 490-2000 3C0 325.2055 <br /> ARCHITECTURE • ENGINEERING • ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> • Ti?ANSPCATAT/0N <br /> March 5, 1998 RE: Mounds View, Minnesota <br /> Highway 10 at Edgewood Drive <br /> SEH No. A-MOUND9708.00 <br /> Mr. Rick Jopke <br /> Community Development Director INFORMATION <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 • <br /> ONLY <br /> Dear Rick: <br /> We have just obtained a prioritized list of the fiscal year 1999 Mn/DOT Municipal Agreement <br /> Program Projects. The list is a ranking based on evaluation by the Project Selection Committee <br /> which consisted of both Mn/DOT and municipal engineers. The Mounds View project on <br /> Highway 10 at Edgewood Drive was ranked No. 25. Funding for the Municipal Agreements <br /> Program was limited to 3.1 million dollars. Only the first 21 projects were funded. <br /> Int initial meetings between <br /> the City and Mn/DOT,Mn/DOT indicated it would not approve a <br /> new signal or change the median location on Highway 10. Through discussions with Mn/DOT, we <br /> have progressed to a position where Mn/DOT sees benefits to the changes, and has verbally agreed <br /> to allow the City to proceed with the changes. The request for Mn/DOT financial participation in <br /> the changes was secondary to securing approvals. <br /> Our hopes were that Mn/DOT would pay for one half of the cost of the traffic signal. Although Iess <br /> of a possibility, we had also hoped that Mn/DOT would be inclined to pay for the Ieft turn Ianes and <br /> the median island relocation. The signal would have been funded at between$60,000 and$75,000 <br /> for the Mn/DOT share, plus 8 percent additional for construction engineering and inspection. <br /> With the lower priority given to the signal in the ranking system,there are several options which the <br /> City now faces. The first option is to continue with a locally funded project. This will fit with the <br /> initial thoughts on the project. <br /> Second option would be to wait for the next submittal period and submit it for fiscal year 2000 <br />:i.inding. This funding would aot be available until July 1, 1999,meaning that the project would not <br /> x completed until the fall of 1999 or even spring of year 2000. There is, however, also no reason <br />'o believe that the project would rank higher compared to others which will be initially submitted <br />'oro fiscal year 2000 funding. <br />'ELLIOTT <br /> iICX3ON INC. MINNEAPOLIS MN ST.CLOUD .NN <br /> CHlP°:TNA FALLS'M MADISON.'Mr^ <br /> L.4KECOUNTY.IN <br /> EOUAL OPPCRTUNITY.9.1PLOYER <br />