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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE #12 REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: The Public Works Committee met on Tuesday, January 19, 1999. A summary of each case is described below. Under Case #4, the issue of the development in Section 28, particularly street syStem and drainage, was discussed at some length. A report on that issue will also be presented here. Case #1: Update on Trunk Highway #47 STP Project and County Road #116 Projects. The issue of whether 142"d Avenue and Trunk Highway #47 is to be signalized or not had delayed progress on this project during the fall of 1998. However, the DOT advanced the Environmental Document for publication in the Environmental Quality Board Monitor on December 28, 1998, and the 30 day comment period is to end on January 29, 1999. The Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is expected to be issued in late February. The City will proceed to make offers for the necessary homes which need to be acquired for the project immediately thereafter. The residents have been advised of this progress. The issue of the signalization of 142na Avenue was discussed at a meeting with A1 Pint of Mn/DOT and Dennis Eyler and Peter Fausch of SRF, Inc., the City's engineering consultants on the project. The outcome of the understanding reached with Mn/DOT is summarized in the attached SRF memo dated January 7, 1999. The understanding identifies a process which acknowledged that a signal will be installed if traffic volumes meet warrants. Volumes will be taken in the summer of 1999, and again in the summer of 2000, if necessary. If warrants are not met during one of these studies, the signal will be deleted from the project plans and specifications. The City is still awaiting comment on a draft request for proposals for a corridor study which was sent to Anoka County for review of content. Case #2: The 1999 Street Maintenance Program. The Committee discussed the 1999 Street Maintenance Program. Staff advised that new five year projections suggest that the necessary funding of this program need to be increased to an annual level of $500,000. This year's program has a budget of only $380,000. Staff was directed to determine how the increased funding level will impact other Capital Improvement Projects. The assessment policies associated with the street maintenance program were reviewed. The Committee concluded that no changes in policy should be made at the present time and directed that the Engineer prepare a feasibility study for the 1999 program based on past financing policies.