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CC Regular Session 5. 8. Meeting Date: 10/08/2019 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Information Title Adopt Resolution # 19-249 Authorizing Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Transportation Grant Application for Ramsey Gateway Highway 10 Improvements. Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #19-249 authorizing Staff to utilize Bolton and Menk at a cost not -to -exceed $10,000 to prepare an application for funding up to $25 million through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Transportation Grant program for Highway 10 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. After developing this plan, the City of Anoka effectively and successfully applied for external funding through numerous state and federal grant programs and recently announced the project is fully funded with construction scheduled to start in 2022. The City of Elk River was also recently awarded full funding for grade -separating all intersections along Highway 169 through the City. This means the City of Ramsey will have the only two at -grade signalized intersections on US 10/169 once Anoka and Elk River complete their improvements to Highways 10 and 169. Last year, the City of Ramsey hired Bolton and Menk to develop a plan for improvements to Highway 10 through the City of Ramsey. Since then, City Staff have been working with Staff from Bolton and Menk, Anoka County, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Agency, and the City of Elk River to develop a plan for improving Highway 10 through the City of Ramsey to improve 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 Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard, frontage roads on both sides of Highway 10, and grade separation improvements for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway crossing of Ramsey Boulevard and Sunfish Lake Boulevard. These proposed improvements are currently estimated to cost up to $140 million.