Agenda - Public Works Committee - 11/21/2023

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5.1. Public Works Committee Meeting Date: 11/21/2023 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Address infrastructure needs. Title: Consider Recommending City Council Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Barthel's Rum River Acres and White Pines Estates Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #24- 01 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to consider recommending City Council approving plans and specifications and authorizing advertisement for bids for Barthel's Rum River Acres and White Pines Estates Street Reconstructions, Improvement Project #24-01. Background: City Improvement Project #24-01 proposes to reconstruct the streets within the Barthel's Rum River Acres and White Pines Estates subdivisions, generally located between 164th Lane and 165th Lane, adjacent to the Rum g Y J River. The 2023 — 2032 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) identifies the streets within these subdivisions for street reconstruction in 2024. Street segment summaries are attached to this case. Existing Conditions The streets vary between 24 feet wide rural section and 31 feet wide urban section including bituminous curbing, totaling 1.33 miles in length. Traffic counts have not been taken, but Staff anticipates typical neighborhood traffic due to the location of the subdivision and lack of destinations which would increase traffic above normal. Municipal sewer and water do not exist in the project area, and utility extensions to the area are not proposed. The existing drainage is through a combination of swales adjacent to the roadway, and on street drainage to curb cuts in the bituminous curbing area, as well as street crossing culverts. Additionally, Staff is aware of Northern Naturalgas mainlines crossingin one location at 164th Lane, approximately 600 feet east of Trunk pp Y Highway 47. Project History • 2023 — 2032 Capital Improvement Program — listed as street reconstruction for 2024. • June 13, 2023, Resolution #23-130 the Ramsey City Council accepted proposals for topographic survey of the project area. • June 27, 2023, Resolution #23-129 the Ramsey City Council accepted proposals for geotechnical report of the project area. • August 22, 2023, Resolution #23-197 the Ramsey City Council ordered Staff to prepare plans and specifications. • October 10, 2023, Resolution #23-250 the Ramsey City Council accepted proposal for sewer cleaning and televising. Pavement History_ The streets within the Barthel's Rum River Acres subdivision were built in 1982. The streets received an overlay improvement in 1997, the only other pavement maintenance was a crack seal / seal coat improvement in 2009. Maintenance crews have performed patching over the last several years, included extensive patching in