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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 04/13/2021 Submitted For: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works By: Joe Feriancek, Engineering/Public Works Information 5.6. Title Adopt Resolution #21-085 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Tiger Street Reconstruction, Improvement Project #21-02 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #21-085 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Tiger Street Reconstruction, Improvement Project #21-02. Background: City Improvement Project 21-02 proposes to reconstruct Tiger Street between Armstrong Boulevard and 173rd Avenue. This street segment was constructed in 1991, measures approximately 2,200 linear feet (0.43 miles) in length, is generally 24-feet wide, is a rural section with drainage ditches, and received a 2020 Pavement and Surface Evaluation Rating (PASER) of 2 meaning the street segment is in need of a full reconstruction. See attached street segment summary for more information. On December 8, 2020, the Ramsey City Council approved the 2021 — 2030 Capital Improvement Program, which identified Tiger Street for reconstruction in 2021. On November 10, 2020, the Ramsey City Council authorized Staff to execute proposals from Bolton & Menk, Inc. for the required topographic survey, and from Chosen Valley Testing (CVT) for required geotechnical work. The geotechnical report generally found clean sand below the existing bituminous and gravel pavement section, however 3 of the 10 borings found 1/2 foot or less of possible buried topsoil below the pavement materials. These topsoil materials are recommended to be removed prior to placement of new aggregate base and bituminous pavement. In 2017, Tiger Street was included in the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Pavement Evaluation performed by Braun Intertec. This GPR data provides bituminous and aggregate base thickness information at one -foot increments along the entire street segment. On average, 2.5 inches of bituminous pavement and 3.3 inches of aggregate base exist along this street. Nine (9) properties have direct access to Tiger Street. Traffic counts taken by Staff in the fall of 2020 found average daily traffic (ADT) volumes of 573 ADT north of Armstrong Boulevard, and 399 ADT south of 173rd Avenue. Tiger Street is not currently included in the City's Municipal State Aid Street (MSAS) system, which is composed of up to twenty -percent of City streets meeting certain criteria per the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Office of State Aid. In summary, a City street segment is eligible to be added to the MSAS system if it is functionally classified as a collector or arterial street, and it it directly connects to other county/municipal state aid highways/streets on both ends. Tiger Street currently functions as a collector street and connects to Armstrong Boulevard / County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 83 on the south end, and 173rd Avenue on the north end, which is included in the City's MSAS system. Staff believes this segment of Tiger Street is a better candidate for the City's MSAS system than some other existing MSAS segments, and will propose to add this segment of Tiger Street to the MSAS system as part of the overall MSAS system revisions that Staff is currently evaluating in response to development pattern changes, MnDOT State Aid rule revisions, and pending Highway 10 frontage road improvements, which have occurred since the City's MSAS system was last officially revised in 2012. In order to allow this segment of Tiger Street to be added to the MSAS system in the future it must be reconstructed with a