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Our Mistioi}: To work together to reipoiibly grew our comma nityr, and to provide quality, cent-oliBcdwe, and efficient government services. CC Regular Session 7. 5. Meeting Date: 05/28/2019 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Information Title: Adopt Resolution #19-125 Authorizing BUILD Grant Application for Highway 10 Ramsey Gateway Improvements Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #19-125 authorizing Staff to utilize Bolton and Menk at a cost not -to -exceed $15,000 to prepare an application for funding in the maximum amount of $25,000,000 through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program for the Ramsey Gateway improvements. Background: In September of 2014, the Cities of Ramsey and Anoka, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), the Anoka County Highway Department, and the Metropolitan Council, completed the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. This Study included an Implementation Plan that identified 21 proposed improvement projects along the Highway 10 corridor through Anoka and Ramsey. Each of the identified projects were prioritized in the implementation plan as immediate, short-term, mid-term, or opportunity/ development/safety driven projects. On October 28, 2014, the Ramsey City Council adopted the Highway 10 Access Planning Study, thereby supporting the mutual goals and objectives of the various agencies to improving the operations and safety of Highway 10 in balance with local community values. After the Highway 10 Access Planning Study was completed, the City of Anoka hired Bolton and Menk to develop a City approved design for improvements to Highway 10 through the City of Anoka. This plan, called the Anoka Solution, resulted in $85 million worth of proposed improvements to Highway 10 including grade -separated intersections at Fairoak Avenue and Thurston Avenue, frontage road connections on both sides of Highway 10, and improvements to the existing grade -separated intersection of Main Street and Highway 10. By developing this plan, the City of Anoka was able to pursue external funding from numerous sources and recently released a notice that the project is fully funded with construction set for 2022 and 2023. The City of Elk River was also recently awarded funding for grade -separating the intersections along Highway 169 through the City of Elk River. This means the City of Ramsey will have the only two at -grade signalized intersections on US 10/169 once these projects are complete. Last year, the City of Ramsey hired Bolton and Menk to develop a City of Ramsey approved plan for improvements to Highway 10 through the City of Ramsey. Staff from the City and Bolton and Menk have since been working with Staff from Anoka County, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Agency, and the City of Elk River, to develop a plan for improvements to Highway 10 through the City of Ramsey to increase operations and safety consistent with the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. This plan, called the Ramsey Gateway, proposes grade separation improvements on Highway 10 at the intersections of Sunfish Lake