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mry �� REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section <br /> :cqs' <br /> STAFF REPORT Report Ntunber41,-/ yl/5 <br /> I I ( I < Ch Report Date: 8/28/96 <br /> • WORKSESSION MEETING DATE <br /> '7.!f September 3, 1996 <br /> °BlerF partrccixAs <br /> Item Description: Discussion of Options for Obtaining Easements for Highway 10 Pedestrian Bridge <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> -No Comments to supplement this report <br /> -Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary(attach supplement sheets as necessary) <br /> Summary: This report provides a summary of our progress on the project to build a pedestrian bridge over <br /> Highway 10 at Long Lake Road, and presents options for how to handle obtaining easements for the bridge <br /> abutment on the north side of Highway 10. <br /> The City is pursuing construction of a pedestrian bridge over Highway 10 at Long Lake Road. A bridge <br /> design has been developed by BRW, a consulting firm, and a citizens committee. Progress on this project <br /> depends on obtaining easements from adjacent property owners for the location of bridge abutments and for <br /> construction. A time schedule has been developed which anticipates completion of the bridge in July or <br /> •\ugust, 1997. The time schedule includes: <br /> • Submittal of preliminary design for bridge to MnDOT completed <br /> • Response from MnDOT end of September <br /> • Preparation of final design by BRW Oct-Nov <br /> • Submittal of final design to MnDOT Dec 1 <br /> • Response from MnDOT end of January <br /> • Addressing MnDOT questions Feb 1-15 <br /> • Preparing bid package, letting bids, awarding contract end of March <br /> • Construction April-August <br /> MnDOT oversees the bidding and construction process, since the bridge will span a State highway. In order <br /> to meet this time schedule, it is necessary to complete acquisition of the easements between December 1 and <br /> 15. <br /> Three easements are involved: a construction easement on the south side of Highway 10 on property owned <br /> by Wildwood Manor, and a continuing easement for the bridge abutment on both the south and north side of <br /> Highway 10. The property on the south side is owned by Ramsey County for the Mounds View Library. The <br /> property on the north side is part of Mounds View Square, a shopping center owned by Mounds View Square <br /> Associates L.L.P and represented by Mr. Ed Paster of Paster Enterprises. <br /> Wildwood Manor: An easement is needed for construction only. After the bridge is built, the bridge <br /> abutment will be in the right-of-way. Mr. Russ Klebe, who is the building manager for Wildwood Manor, <br /> referred our request for a construction easement to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br /> (HUD), since this department holds the mortgage on the property. We have received a copy of a letter from <br />