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reasonable. It was also discussed that Elk River proposed to reconstruct Jarvis Street as a 9 -ton road with bituminous pavement and concrete curb and gutter at a width of 32 -feet, which appears to be reasonable considering that Jarvis Street is a Municipal State Aid route, and that the concrete curb and gutter will help protect the pavement edges and extend the life of the pavement. It was also discussed that a 10 -foot wide off-road bituminous trail was proposed west of Jarvis Street that could ultimately serve to connect the City of Ramsey's Mississippi River Trail, which is to be constructed on the south side of Highway 10, to Elk River's section of the Mississippi River Trail, which is routed through the City of Elk River and not along Highway 10. Based on the proposed improvements, and assuming a 50/50 cost split, the City of Ramsey's total cost -share amount was estimated to be $970,728. The Public Works Committee recommended Council approval of Elk River's proposal to use a 50/50 cost split and a 3 -year payback term for calendar years 2016 to 2018. On October 20th, 2014, the Elk River City Council reviewed the Feasibility Report for the City of Elk River's 2015 Street and Utility Improvements project, which included the 32 -foot wide street design with 10 -foot wide off-road bike trail. At that time, the Elk River City Council directed their staff to redesign Jarvis Street to a 36 -foot wide street with two 12 -foot wide through lanes and two 6 -foot wide on -road bike lanes and no off-road trail. In January of 2015, Elk River provided the attached City Council case and Feasibility Report to Ramsey City staff, along with the attached memo from their consulting engineer Bolton-Menk, Inc, (BMI) dated October 29th, 2014 addressing the revised design and estimated project costs. Based on the BMI memo, as well as the attached 2 -page cost estimate that adjusts the estimated costs for the old 32 -foot wide street design to the revised 36 -foot wide design, the City of Ramsey's total share of the project costs decreased by $50,422.50 resulting in a total estimated cost -share of $920,305.50. On January 27th, 2015 the Ramsey City Council ordered a Feasibility Report to better define the City of Ramsey's portion of the project, which has been completed and is attached to this case. The Feasibility Report addresses the feasibility of reconstructing Jarvis Street as a wider street section to accommodate vehicular and on -road pedestrian uses, as well as reconstructing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossing to allow the establishment of whistle -free quiet zone. The existing shared segment of Jarvis Street is a 22 -foot wide rural bituminous pavement section with maximum 2 -foot wide aggregate shoulders, shallow ditches, driveway culverts, and no public utilities (watermain or sanitary sewer), and has a Pavement and Surface Evaluation Rating (PASER) of 2 ranking it's pavement condition among the worst in the City. Jarvis Street is proposed to be reconstructed as a 36 -foot wide urban section (two 12 -foot through lanes and two 6 -foot bike lanes) including concrete B618 curb and gutter on both sides, storm sewer culverts under driveways as needed, and curb cuts with concrete flumes to direct stormwater runoff from the street into ditches. No public utilities are proposed to be constructed since there are no plans to extend utilities to serve this area of the City in the foreseeable future. Notification: N/A Observations/Alternatives: Observations: In 2014, City of Ramsey staff rated this section of Jarvis Street with a PASER rating of 2, warranting a total reconstruction. While this is not the worst street in the City of Ramsey, it ranks quite close and as such is included in the 2015 — 2019 5 -year CIP for street reconstruction projects. Though the adjacent property uses are different on either side of the shared segment of Jarvis Street, with industrial properties in Elk River and residential properties in Ramsey, Jarvis Street is designated as a Municipal State Aid Street by both cities and as such must be reconstructed to State Aid standards as proposed by Elk River.