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Item No. <br /> Staff Report No.97-0v 3 105 <br /> i Meeting Date: June 2, 1997 <br /> i Type of Business: Work Session <br /> WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Cathy Bennett,Economic Development Director (' <br /> Pam Sheldon, Community Development Director • <br /> Item Title/Subject: Discussion of Hiring a Design Firm to Develop a Highway 10 Design <br /> Theme <br /> Date of Report: May 30, 1997 <br /> Issue: <br /> Staff is seeking authorization from the City Council to solicit proposals from 2-4 design firms to <br /> develop a design theme for the Highway 10 corridor. This design theme would address such <br /> items as gateways, and landscaping, lighting, fencing and sidewalks along the corridor from <br /> County Road H2 to Silver Lake Road. <br /> Discussion: <br /> There are two sizeable projects which are underway in the Highway 10 corridor: the O'Neil PUD <br /> and the D.W. Jones PUD. Both of the projects have substantial Highway 10 frontage and they <br /> are looking to the City for guidance on what type of design theme is to be established in the <br /> corridor, so that they can coordinate with this theme. <br /> In addition, the City will be going to MnDOT to discuss the possibility of a ring road, and a full <br /> movement, signalized intersection at Edgewood. We would like to discuss with them at the same <br /> time, whether MnDOT is willing to give easements along the edge of the highway right-of-way to <br /> allow sidewalks, landscaping, fencing and special lighting. It would be very helpful to have a <br /> design and perspective drawings to better illustrate an overall design package, and to make the <br /> ideas vivid, rather than just dealing with a description in words. <br /> Time is of the essence, since we are gearing up to meet with MnDOT in the very near future. We <br /> are proposing to pay for the design work from the Highway 10 portion of the City's tax increment <br /> fund. <br /> Action Requested: <br /> • Authorize staff to solicit proposals from 2-4 design firms for the development of a <br /> Highway 10 design theme, and to return with a recommendation to the Economic <br /> Development Authority as to which firm to hire. <br /> • <br />