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S:\Administration\City Council\2020 City Council Meetings\Scans\2020.07.20\Authorize preparation of feasibility study.docx 701 XENIA AVENUE S | SUITE 300 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 55416 | 763.541.4800 | WSBENG.COM Memorandum To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Bryan Bear, City Administrator From: Mark Erichson, City Engineer Date: July 16, 2020 Re: 2021 Downtown Improvement Project WSB Project No. 015887-000 Staff has worked to develop a 5-year Capital Improvement Plan for roadway infrastructure which was approved at the July 6th City Council meeting as part of the City’s overall 5-year Capital Improvement Plan. Next year’s improvement project is identified as the 2021 Downtown Improvement Project and includes the extension of 147th Street from Finale Avenue to Oneka Boulevard, reconstruction of 147th Street from just west of TH 61 to Finale Avenue, Flay Avenue north of 147th Street, Upper 146th Street, 146th Street, Finley Avenue, and Fitzgerald Avenue (see attached project location map). As you are aware, as Lions Park feasibility study was previously Authorized, the adjacent proposed Hugo Gardens project continues to make progress on their development plans, and planning to expand the County Road 8 water reuse project to accommodate Lions Park, City Hall, Hugo Gardens, Keystone Place, 147th Street and Finale Avenue Boulevards is ongoing. It is important to begin the feasibility study for the 2021 Downtown Improvement Project to make sure the projects are all appropriately coordinated as they are all adjacent to one another. Staff is requesting authorization to prepare the feasibility study for the 2021 Downtown Street Improvement project. If authorized, staff will notify residents of this effort and coordinate an early informational meeting (format to be determined) about the proposed project.