Agenda - Public Works Committee - 02/20/2018

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Further discussion: It was noted that staff should reach out to the two specific property owners if those property owners do not reply to the mailer. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Riley, Councilmembers Kuzma and Johns. Voting No: None. 5.02: Recommend Authorization for Civil Engineering Planning Services for Highway 10 Planning Effort Community Development Director Gladhill reviewed the staff report and stated that the purpose of this case is to consider recommending that the City Council authorize a work order with Bolton and Menk to perform planning and engineering services related to future Highway 10 design. He stated staff is only seeking approval for Phase 1 (project justification, concepts, evaluation) not Phase II (vision refinement, preliminary design, funding). He explained that staff has already completed three rounds of refining the scope and scaled back on renderings/visualizations, public meetings, and communication assistance. Community Development Director Gladhill described the scale and magnitude of the project, noting it is a significant investment with total capital costs of the improvements themselves being over $70 million. Community Development Director Gladhill presented alternatives for the Committee's consideration and stated staff recommends proceeding forward with the work order. Bolton and Menk was the engineer for the Highway 10 Access Planning Study so there are a number of efficiencies to use this same firm for this work order as opposed to bringing in a new firm. Eric Johnson, Bolton and Menk, stated that the previous Highway 10 study had a different vision, focusing on a high-level idea that all parties could agree on. He highlighted some of the differences, noting the desire to have grade separations at the railroad crossings, which will be added as a new element rather than being an afterthought in the previous plan. He stated that this element will also look to the future, rather than just focusing on how the road operates today. He stated that they are pretty confident that the Anoka improvements will be fully funded in 2018 and therefore the improvements will be completed between 2020-2022. He noted that once those improvements are completed, the first stoplight will be at Sunfish Lake and that will become the next priority to fix on the system. He stated that the attempt would be to develop a plan that could gain support from the other communities as well, to ensure that funding could be obtained in the future. Angie Bersaw, Bolton and Menk, stated that although the problem has been identified, this study will not only focus on the current problems but also on future problems. She stated that a key step in the planning stage would be to ensure that all road owners (Ramsey, Anoka County and MnDOT) can be on the same page. She explained that the first phase of the study will be to develop one vision and noted that the second phase would then dig deeper to determine the elements that would be necessary, which is why it would make sense to split the work into two phases as staff has suggested. Public Works Committee / January 16, 2018 Page 3 of 14