Agenda - Public Works Committee - 04/17/2007

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CASE # /; RECONSIDERATION OF 2007 MSA MILEAGE ADDITIONS By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: You may recall at the February 13, 2007 Committee meeting staff presented a case related to designating additional mileage to the City's Municipal State Aid (MSA) system which proposed adding 173rd Avenue (County Highway 63) between Armstrong Blvd and Variolite Street to the City's MSA system, a distance of2.0 miles. Further recall that to have available this amount of mileage to add to the system it would be necessary to remove 0.45 miles from our current system. This mileage would become available by revoking the MSA designations on portions of 142nd Avenue and Traprock Street since this route runs through what is now planned to be a regional County Park. While this plan would serve to maximize the amount of mileage on the City's MSA system, staff has become aware that because of the impending tumback of this segment of roadway by Anoka County to the City of Ramsey, it would be more advantageous to the City to wait until this roadway is turned back by the County prior to designating this mileage on the system. This stems from the fact that as a tumback, the needs on this portion of roadway would be in addition to the total 20% limitation of the City's system mileage. It would be prudent to designate some alternate mileage in 2007 to maximize the designated mileage as closely as possible to the allowable limit. With the construction of 2.96 miles of new roadway in 2006 the City has the potential to add 1.55 miles to its MSA system. Staff would propose adding Andre Streetl164th Lane, a 1.87 mile street segment to the City's MSA system. This segment meets the requirement of beginning and terminating on the existing system and this roadway functions as a local neighborhood collector. The street was constructed in 1985 and is over 20 years old and is eligible to collect full needs. Attached is a figure illustrating this proposed addition. It would still be necessary to revoke the mileage on portions of 142nd Avenue and Traprock Street to be able to accommodate this mileage addition. The City will be within 0.28 miles of the maximum allowed with these modifications. Recommendation: Staff recommends adding Andrie Street from Alpine Drive to 164th Lane and 164th Lane from Andrie Street to Jarvis Street to the City's MSA system.