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Item No: 7H Meeting Date: November 9, 2015 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Brian Erickson, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8478, Authorize Bolton & Menk to Proceed with Design for CSAH 10 Trail Segments 6 & 11 Background: The City of Mounds View developed the County Road 10 Corridor Improvement Program. This program has multiple goals: to revitalize the corridor, to create a sense of space and identity within the community and to improve the safety and operation of traffic and pedestrian activities along County Road 10. Discussion: On May 26, 2015 the City Council, via Resolution 8420, authorized Bolton & Menk, Inc. (BMI) to begin design work on two of the eleven segments that were proposed as part of the Corridor Improvement Program. Segments 1-5, 9 and 10 have been completed to date. The two segments that were awarded to Bolton & Menk are: • Segment 6 – Connection from the existing trail along the north side of CSAH 10 at Silver Lake Road to Pleasant View Drive (original scope). • Segment 11 – Connection from the existing trail along the south side of CSAH 10 just west of Moe’s Sport’s Bar to Woodale Drive. As BMI started their design work it became clear that the cost for these two segments would exceed the funding that was available for this work. As a result staff discussed this with City Council and recommended a reduction in scope on Segment 6 such that it ends at Groveland Road. If extended to Pleasant View Drive there is no existing sidewalk along Pleasant View Drive or CSAH 10 to the west, resulting in a dead end trail. Staff has also contacted Spring Lake Park and at this point in time they have no plan for extending trail along the north side of CSAH 10 to connect into Mounds View. The Council agreed with this reduction which allowed the project to remain within budget restrictions. To date, BMI has completed a topographic survey of the corridor and identified some items to be addressed in the design. This information is outlined in a draft memorandum provided to staff and attached to this report. As a side note, staff has reviewed the draft memo and is not recommended any changes. The final memo should be available for the Council Meeting on November 9, 2015. The items of note in the memo include: • Trail lighting • Drainage • Landscaping • Edgewood Drive/CSAH 10 Intersection Trail lighting will be installed along the new segments of trails. Spacing will be similar to the existing trail at approximately a 100-foot interval. Decorative lights are planned for the intersections and standard (shoebox) fixtures will be provided in between the intersections. The lighting will be LED similar to the recently installed retrofit fixtures. In addition, staff will be reviewing the possibility of adding lighting along the existing segment of trail west of Moe’s to Long Lake Road as there is currently no existing lighting. This will require coordination with the property owners, and staff will return at a future date with additional information regarding this