Agenda - Public Works Committee - 04/15/2025

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5.2. Public Works Committee Meeting Date: 04/15/2025 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Address infrastructure needs. Title: Consider Recommending City Council Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for MSA Alpine Drive Reconstruction, Improvement Project #25-03 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to consider recommending City Council approval of plans and specifications and authorization to advertise for bids for MSA Alpine Drive Reconstruction, Improvement Project #25-03. Background: The proposed 2025 — 2034 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) identifies Alpine Drive between Sunfish Lake Boulevard (CR 57) and Saint Francis Boulevard (TH 47) for street reconstruction in 2025. A street segment summary for the project is attached to this case. Project History • July 23, 2024, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #24-198, accepting and awarding a proposal to Hakanson Anderson for topographic survey of the project area. • August 12, 2024, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #24-220, accepting and awarding a proposal to Independent Testing Technologies, Inc. for a geotechnical report of the project area. • November 12, 2024, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #24-310, accepting and awarding a proposal to Hydro-Klean, LLC for sewer cleaning and televising of the project area. • November 19, 2024, the Ramsey Public Works Committee recommended City Council order plans and specifications for said improvements. • November 26, 2024 the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #24-339, ordering plans and specifications for MSA Alpine Drive Reconstruction, Improvement Project #25-03. • December 11, 2024, Ramsey staff held a public open house for said improvements. Existing Conditions This project proposes to reconstruct Alpine Drive between Sunfish Lake Boulevard (CR 57) and Saint Francis Boulevard (TH 47). Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH 5) intersects the project, the project will stop at the Anoka County right-of-way on either side. Alpine Drive between Sunfish Lake Boulevard (CR 57) and Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH 5) is 44-foot-wide urban section with an 8-foot bituminous trail on the north side of the street, and an 8-foot bituminous trail on the south side of the street on the western half of the area. The Anoka County signal upgrade at Sunfish Lake Boulevard from 2011, included adding turn lanes for westbound Alpine Drive. The Anoka County signal upgrade at Nowthen Boulevard from 2014, included adding turn lanes for eastbound Alpine Drive. The ADT for this segment of Alpine Drive is 2,900. Alpine Drive between Nowthen Boulevard and Saint Francis Boulevard (TH 47) is a combination of 44-foot- wide urban and rural section with an 8-foot bituminous trail on the south side of the street, and an 8-foot bituminous trail between Krypton Street and TH 47 on the north side of the street. The Anoka County signal upgrade at Nowthen Boulevard from 2024, including turn lanes for westbound Alpine Drive, reconstructed approximately 740 linear feet of Alpine Drive east of Nowthen Boulevard (generally to Krypton Street). The ADT for this segment of Alpine Drive is 2,500. The total project length of Alpine Drive between Sunfish Lake