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5.02: Recommend Authorization for Civil Engineering Planning Services for Highway 10 <br />Planning Effort <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill reviewed the staff report and stated that the purpose <br />of this case is to consider recommending that the City Council authorize a work order with <br />Bolton and Menk to perform planning and engineering services related to future Highway 10 <br />design. He stated staff is only seeking approval for Phase 1 (project justification, concepts, <br />evaluation) not Phase II (vision refinement, preliminary design, funding). He explained that staff <br />has already completed three rounds of refining the scope and scaled back on <br />renderings/visualizations, public meetings, and communication assistance. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill described the scale and magnitude of the project, <br />noting it is a significant investment with total capital costs of the improvements themselves being <br />over $70 million. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill <br />consideration and stated staff recommends proceeding forward with the work order. Bolton and <br />Menk was the engineer for the Highway 10 Access Planning Study so there are a number of <br />efficiencies to use this same firm for this work order as opposed to bringing in a new firm. <br /> <br />Eric Johnson, Bolton and Menk, stated that the previous Highway 10 study had a different <br />vision, focusing on a high-level idea that all parties could agree on. He highlighted some of the <br />differences, noting the desire to have grade separations at the railroad crossings, which will be <br />added as a new element rather than being an afterthought in the previous plan. He stated that this <br />element will also look to the future, rather than just focusing on how the road operates today. He <br />stated that they are pretty confident that the Anoka improvements will be fully funded in 2018 <br />and therefore the improvements will be completed between 2020-2022. He noted that once those <br />improvements are completed, the first stoplight will be at Sunfish Lake and that will become the <br />next priority to fix on the system. He stated that the attempt would be to develop a plan that <br />could gain support from the other communities as well, to ensure that funding could be obtained <br />in the future. <br /> <br />Angie Bersaw, Bolton and Menk, stated that although the problem has been identified, this study <br />will not only focus on the current problems but also on future problems. She stated that a key <br />step in the planning stage would be to ensure that all road owners (Ramsey, Anoka County and <br />MnDOT) can be on the same page. She explained that the first phase of the study will be to <br />develop one vision and noted that the second phase would then dig deeper to determine the <br />elements that would be necessary, which is why it would make sense to split the work into two <br />phases as staff has suggested. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kuzma asked the timeline for this project. He asked how solid the plans would <br />be as the Ramsey improvements would not occur until after the Anoka improvements are <br />completed, noting the estimation that was given of 2022 for completion in Anoka. <br /> <br />Chairperson Riley agreed and asked the shelf life of the plans. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson replied that the shelf life of the first phase would not expire. He believed that the <br />second phase would have a three to five-year shelf life, until the point where staff would need to <br />complete a quick update review to determine if design standards have changed. <br />Public Works Committee / January 16, 2018 <br />Page 3 of 13 <br /> <br />