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5. 10. CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 07/14/2026 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Address infrastructure needs. Title: Adopt Resolution #26-160 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for 2026 MSA Pavement Overlay Improvements, Improvement Project #26-02 Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #26-160 approving plans and specifications and authoring advertisement for bids for 2026 MSA Pavement Overlay Improvements, Improvement Project #26-02. Background: The 2026 — 2035 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) identifies mill and overlay of 173rd Avenue and 175th Avenue between Armstrong Boulevard (CSAH 83) and Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH 5) in 2026. A street segment summary for the project is attached to this case. Project History • On April 22, 2025, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #25-082, accepting and awarding a proposal to Hakanson Anderson for topographic survey and wetland delineation of the project area. • May 13, 2025, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #25-101, accepting and awarding a proposal to Independent Testing Technologies for a geotechnical report of the project area. • June 17, 2025, the Ramsey Public Works Committee recommended City Council order plans and specifications for said improvements. • June 24, 2025, the Ramsey City Council adopted Resolution #25-136, ordering plans and specifications for said improvements. • June 18, 2026, the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization took action to conditionally approve the wetland boundaries and types. Overall Proiect Scone This project proposes to mill and overlay 173rd Avenue and 175th Avenue between Armstrong Boulevard (CSAH 83) and Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH 5). This is a 32-foot-wide rural section street, totaling 3.05 miles in length. The Average Daily Traffic (ADT) is between 800 and 1,200 and the speed limit is 55 mph. 173rd Avenue and 175th Avenue are Municipal State Aid (MSA) streets and must conform to MSA design standards, including meeting 10-ton pavement design standards and minimum lane widths. In general improvements are proposed to include a 1.5-inch mill and overlay, with pavement markings being re -placed in -kind. Soil Corrections 173rd Avenue between Puma Street and Iguana Street (approximately 0.48 miles in length) crosses wetland and County Ditch No.51. In the low areas the outside wheel paths have broken up and been filled with additional bituminous. City staff has lowered this road to a 7-ton capacity due to the pavement condition. During design staff obtained a geotechnical report for this area and found the pavement section was placed over directly over peat, which is considered very poor soil for pavement support. To address this the pavement and aggregate will be reclaimed, geogrid will be placed on top of the reclamation, followed by 6-inches of new aggregate base and 4.5-inches of new bituminous pavement. The extra weight will cause for some settlement, the intent of the geogrid is to both help bridge and cause even settlement. Only the first lift of new pavement will be placed in the fall of 2026. The final wear course will be placed in the spring of 2027 after the spring thaw and allowing for any settlement to occur. The existing culvert for County Ditch No. 51 is a metal culvert with noted deterioration at the ends. The culvert will be replaced to the same elevation and diameter, but with reinforced concrete pipe. Concrete end caps and sheet piling will be used to avoid any settlement of the new culvert pipe. No municipal water or sanitary sewer exists within the project area. The water was extended to the north end of Variolite Street in 2020. Development at the intersection of 175th Avenue and Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH 5) may bring watermain to