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Public Works Committee 5. 2. <br />Meeting Date: 11/19/2019 <br />By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public <br />Works <br />Title: <br />Consider Recommending City Council Approval to Solicit Requests for Proposals to Prepare Plans and <br />Specifications for Bunker Lake Boulevard/CSAH 116 Improvements, Improvement Project #20-03 <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Purpose: <br />The purpose of this case is to consider recommending City Council approval to solicit Requests for Proposals to <br />prepare plans and specifications for Bunker Lake Boulevard / CSAH 116 Improvements, Improvement Project <br />#20-03. <br />Background: <br />In April of 2005, a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) was executed between the City of Ramsey and Anoka County <br />defining required public works improvements related to the Ramsey Town Center development, now referred to as <br />The COR. Two amendments have been executed since, one in February of 2009, and the other in February of 2012. <br />A copy of the JPA, including the two amendments, is attached. <br />The required public works improvements, which total slightly more than $13,000,000 in 2005 dollars, are generally <br />intended to be constructed in four separate phases per the JPA. Individual project cost summaries are included in <br />Schedules A through C. The JPA outlines the requirements of each party as related to the design and construction of <br />the improvements, allowable use and access to County -owned properties and highways, and other terms and <br />conditions. <br />Phase 1 identifies required improvements to Ramsey Boulevard from Highway 10 to 1,000 feet north of Bunker <br />Lake Boulevard including expansion to a four lane divided highway with turn lanes and signal system modifications <br />at Highway 10, railway crossing upgrades, and signal systems installed at Sunwood Drive and Bunker Lake <br />Boulevard. This work has been completed. <br />Phase 2 identifies required improvements to Armstrong Boulevard from Highway 10 to 1,000 feet north of Bunker <br />Lake Boulevard including expansion to a four lane divided highway with turn lanes and signal system modifications <br />at Highway 10, railway crossing upgrades, and signal systems installed at Sunwood Drive and Bunker Lake <br />Boulevard. This work has been completed. <br />Phase 3 is one of the larger and more costly improvements required by the JPA. This work includes the expansion of <br />Bunker Lake Boulevard between Armstrong Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard to a four lane divided highway with <br />turn lanes and construction of signal systems at Center Street and Sunwood Drive. This project was estimated to <br />cost $3,170,109 in 2005. This work has not been completed. It was originally intended to be completed in 2007 <br />based on anticipated development, but was delayed when development slowed in the late 2000's. <br />Phase 4 identifies required improvements to Sunfish Lake Boulevard from Highway 10 to 1,000 feet north of <br />Bunker Lake Boulevard including expansion to a four lane divided highway with turn lanes and signal system <br />modifications at Highway 10, railway crossing upgrades, and a signal system installed at Bunker Lake Boulevard. <br />This work has been completed. <br />Anoka County Highway Department Staff recently informed City staff that they want to expand Bunker Lake <br />Boulevard to a four lane divided highway all the way to Armstrong Boulevard in anticipation of the need for a <br />