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City of Mounds View Staff Report Highway 10 Pedestrian Bridge January 30, 1997 411 Page 2 including the construction of trailways and pedestrian bridges. On March 28, 1994, the Mounds View City Council approved the submittal of a grant application under ISTEA for construction of a pedestrian bridge over Highway 10 at Long Lake Road. The grant application was submitted on March 30, 1994 and approved for the 1996-1997 funding cycle. The amount of the grant was $480,000. Selection of Consultant; Bridge Design The City Council authorized a request for proposals being issued, and six firms submitted proposals. The firms were interviewed by a six-person panel of staff members and a City Council representative, and BRW was recommended to City Council for selection. City Council agreed with this recommendation and then appointed a citizen task force to work with BRW to select the location and design of the bridge. The crossing at Long Lake Road was recommended since there is a trailway system and sidewalk along the full length of this road from north to south through the community and it is approximately at the center between the east and west boundaries of Mounds View. In addition, the Ramsey County library is near this intersection, and Long Lake Road is a primary route for school children going to Edgewood Middle School and Irondale High School. A bridge at this location would give access between Wildwood Manor, a senior citizen housing development, and the Mounds View Square Shopping Center. The citizen task force recommended a spiral design rather than the original switchback design • submitted with the grant application(see attached diagram). The switchback design would have involved long ramps on both sides of the highway. Along the Mounds View Square frontage, they would have blocked views of the shopping center from the highway and interfered with access. It was also questionable whether people would use the bridge if the access points were at the end of long ramps far from the intersection. The spiral design was considered much more graceful, attractive and functional. This design did require, however, getting easements from the property owners on both sides of Highway 10 and dealing with an existing drainage detention pond on the Mounds View Square property. Sabri Ayez, representing BRW, presented the spiral design to City Council which was approved as the preferred design. Funding and Budget: The grant funds 80% of the project construction costs, with the community paying 20% of construction costs plus engineering and inspection costs. Resolution No. 4843 was passed by City Council on November 13, 1995 which identified the following funding sources to pay the City's share of bridge costs: Franchise Fee $ 82,642 Special Projects Fund $ 41,558 General Fund $ 31,000 Street Light Fund $ 25,000 Activity Fund $ 10.800 • • $190,000