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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 27, 2018 Page 3 2 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 4 A. Resolution 18 -077: a Resolution Approving Hennepin and Ramsey County 5 Improvements to County Road C. 6 7 City Engineer Hubmer reviewed the Council is requested to consider a resolution approving 8 Hennepin and Ramsey County improvements to County Road C in the City of St. Anthony 9 Village. Ramsey County is the lead agency for the design and management of the proposed 10 County Road C project. 11 12 Ms. Kathy Jaske representing Ramsey County, Mr. Nathan Ellington and Jessica Tavovich 13 representing Hennepin County, and the consultant Eric Nelson appeared before the Council. 14 15 Mr. Eric Nelson reviewed the project is located along 29d, Avenue /County Road C from 16 Highway 88 to Long Lake Road. This is a joint effort between Ramsey County, Hennepin 17 County, City of Roseville, St. Anthony Village and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. 18 This is being done to replace aging concrete pavement, provide pedestrian and bike connection 19 and improve traffic operations. There were two public meetings held and the major issues 20 identified by the public were lack of adequate pedestrian facilities along corridor, important truck 21 access route for I -35W and highway 88 and need wider lanes for trucks. Mr. Nelson showed 22 some photos of the pavement failure. The work included was reviewed. Mr. Nelson described the 23 new paved trail components and noted the truck stopping lane will be removed as it was rarely 24 used. A drawing of the Walnut Street intersection and the Long Lake Road intersection were 25 provided. The estimated construction costs are $8,380,000 with $10,975,000 Total Estimated 26 Project Costs. Funding will be through a combination of County State Aid funds (gas tax), 27 special assessments to benefitting properties and City funds for requested improvements (water 28 main and sanitary sewer replacements, etc.) Construction is expected to begin May /June 2019 29 and the plan is to be done by the end of the 2019 construction season. Construction Staging was 30 reviewed. 31 32 Councilmember Stille asked if the trail on the south side is 8 foot wide. Mr. Nelson stated a 6- 33 foot sidewalk will be constructed on the north side also. 34 35 City Engineer Hubmer stated there are some drainage concerns and the county will be 36 reconstructing the storm sewers. In addition, the City is looking at some storm water updates 37 which will be coordinated with this project. 38 39 Mayor Faust stated the City is concerned about the project on County Road C. He asked that the 40 two Counties think about softening the turn on Hwy 88. The City wants to have a good project 41 that meets the needs of St. Anthony. 42 43 Councilmember Stille stated there is no connectivity from that area to the NE Diagonal bike trail. 44 Mr. Hubmer stated they are still working on that and some right -a -way issues will be presented 45 at the next Council meeting. Mr. Hubmer added one more issue is with Anthony Lane. 46