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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 8, 2015 Page 6 1 Street & Utility Reconstruction 2 • Stinson Boulevard from 37th Avenue NE to Silver Lane NE 3 • 37th Place N from Stinson Boulevard to 37th Avenue NE (Columbia Heights 4 Improvements) 5 6 Trail and sidewalk Improvements 7 • 8’ bituminous trail along west side of Stinson Boulevard between 37th Place N and 40th 8 Avenue NE (Columbia Heights improvements) 9 • Salo Park sidewalk replacement 10 11 Railroad Crossing Improvements 12 • Replace existing crossing on Stinson Boulevard NE located between 37th Avenue NE and 13 37th Place NE (This design anticipates the future HSIP project being constructed) 14 15 Decorative Lighting and sidewalk Improvements 16 • Ease side of Stinson Boulevard NE between 37th Avenue NE and Silver Lane NE 17 18 The timing on this project was revised in June 2015. They have received a number of complaints 19 due to the condition of Stinson Blvd as well as some water main breaks. The sidewalk 20 improvements will be done with the HSIP program. 21 22 Mr. Messner stated the Sanitary Sewer will be replaced with an 8-inch plastic pipe along with all 23 the manholes. There are actually two sanitary sewers along this roadway and Columbia Heights 24 does not plan to replace their sanitary sewer at this time however they will replace all manholes. 25 26 Mr. Messner stated a number of drainage improvements will be done in the area. The project 27 cost is $3.9M. 35% of the improvements are assessable in the residential areas. The City will 28 apply for State Aid funding for these improvements. Mr. Messner reviewed the St. Anthony 29 Funding Sources, assessable and City portions, and Columbia Heights participation in the cost. 30 He reviewed the funding sources as Special Assessments, Street & Utility Reconstruction Funds 31 and Municipal State Aid Funds. 32 33 Mr. Messner reviewed the Project Schedule. Construction would begin in May 2016 and final 34 paving would be done in June 2017. 35 36 Councilmember Jenson asked what percentage the MSA would pay and Mr. Messner stated the 37 City is eligible to request the total amount for street reconstruction and a calculation of the storm 38 sewer reconstruction can be requested. Within the next few years we will start incurring a State 39 Aid Fund balance. We will make the claim and as money is put back into the fund it will be 40 returned to us for use. It generally runs between 55-60% of participation on the State side for the 41 storm sewer. 42 43 44 Mayor Faust asked if it would be safe to say that because we have been building roads, that we 45 used up our MSA credit with the State. Whereas if we haven’t been building roads we would 46 8