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CC Regular Session 5.9. Meeting Date: 06/09/2020 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Information Title Adopt Resolution #20-125 Authorizing Local Partnership Program Grant Application for Riverdale Drive Extension - Llama Street to Bowers Drive, Improvement Project #20-05. Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #20-125 authorizing a Local Partnership Program (LPP) grant application for the maximum allowable amount of $710,000 to fund a portion of the costs to extend Riverdale Drive west from Llama Street to Bowers Drive, which has been designated as Improvement Project #20-05. 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. Included in the Highway 10 Access Planning Study implementation plan is project #1-1-5, which calls for Riverdale Drive to be extended between Llama Street and Bowers Drive, south of U.S. Highway 10/169, to support future development in the immediate area. A copy of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study implementation plan is included in the application attached to this case. The application also includes a figure showing the general scope of the improvements as currently proposed, though it is important to note that the alignment of Riverdale Drive and/or Bowers Drive can be revised during final design. A new residential development located east of Bowers Drive and south of U.S. Highway 10/169 is proposed for construction in 2021. Also, a new commercial development is being proposed in the same area. These developments will require Riverdale Drive to be extended between Llama Street and Bowers Drive. The developers therefore preliminarily agreed to share in these improvement costs as shown in attached Resolution #20-065. Grant funding in an amount up to $710,000 is currently available through the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Local Partnership Program (LPP) for MnDOT fiscal year 2022. The purpose of the MnDOT LPP grant program is to provide funds to assist local agencies in addressing problems on the Trunk Highway system that are of concern to local agencies but are typically not large-scale or critical enough that they are directly selected as projects in the regular MnDOT Road Program. Selected projects must: • Provide a clear benefit to the Trunk Highway system as well as to the local community • Be developed and administered by the local agency • Have preliminary design, final design, right-of-way and utility relocation costs (as appropriate) paid for by the Local Agency • Be designed to MnDOT Trunk Highway standards