Minutes - Public Works Committee - 02/16/1999

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agree. He does want to do the segment between #47 and C.R. #57. He does not have the money to do the whole thing. He would like to resolve the issue with Anoka, Anoka County and Ramsey on that intersection. Councihnember Zimmerman pointed out that at some point we need to look at the whole thing. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that Mr. Berg wants to wait until there is something official, in writing, from the City of Dayton. She mentioned concentrating on the problem area. Background fi'om the case sheet reads that on June 23, 1998, City Council discussed the City's participation in the construction of C.R. #116 and passed a motion acknowledging the City's responsibility for the construction of a bituminous path and the excavation of wetland for mitigation. The cost of the work at that time was estimated to be $71,000. A copy of the June 23, 1998 meeting minutes were presented as was a Joint Powers Agreement prepared by Anoka County which formalizes the basic issues that the City agreed to at the June 23 meeting. It should be noted that the cost of the City's share as defined by the JPA is estimated to be $77,613. This includes eight percent of the cost of the City's portion of construction for engineering. This overhead percentage was not included in the previous $71,000, which was an estimate of construction cost only. It was suggested by the Committee to find out where the $71,000 is and that it ought to be encumbered in 1998. If it is too late for that, make sure it goes where it is supposed to. Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to recommmad that Council authorize staff to enter into the proposed Joint Powers Agreement for the City's participation in the construction of County Road #116 from County Road #56 to County Road #83 (Improvement Project #97-25). Motion carried. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Haas Steffen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #1: Review Memorandum Relating to New Street Signs Public Works Supervisor Grant Riemer presented the time line for changing our street inventory to come into compliance with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). All street signs are required to be retroflective. The recommended letter sizes for street name signs are to be a minimum of six-inch uppercase letters, 4-1/2 inch lowercase letters and three-inch letters for street abbreviations. Local roads with speed limits 25 miles per hour or less may continue to use a minimum four-inch uppercase letter size with a two-inch lowercase size for street abbreviations. Mr. Riemer pointed out that our current street signs use four-inch uppercase and two-inch lower case. Local vendors recommend retaining the white border like we are currently using and mixing both uppercase and lowercase letters in our sign. He noted the benefits of easier readability would be substantial - especially for emergency vehicles. Mr. Riemer explained that the Public Works Department's long-range goal for replacement is to start with the higher speed roads in the City. This would consist mainly of the intersections on County and State roads. The number of intersections involved in this phase would number Public Works Committee/February 16, 1999 Page 3 of 7