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bCASE # <br /> <br />CONSIDER INITIATION OF DESIGN WORK ON T.H. #47 PROJECTS <br /> By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Beginning in fall 1995, the City began an active role in the planning and development of T.H. <br />#47 with the preparation of a corridor plan which was finally adopted on August 13, 1996. The <br />City initiated implementation of the plan by pursuing a local initiative project to improve the <br />segment of T.It. #47 between 142nd Avenue and C.S.A.H. #5. The grant application for said <br />local initiative project was submitted in November 1996. In February 1997, it was announced <br />that the City application was deemed successful contingent upon resolving some access issues. <br /> <br />On July 22, 1997, the Council directed that a grant application for a project having a larger <br />scope, from 142nd Avenue to 153rd Avenue, be submitted under the Federal Surface <br />Transportation Program (STP). This application was submitted on July 28, 1997. Successful <br />STP projects will not be determined until October and will not be formally announced until <br />December 1997. If successful, the STP project would be constructed in 2001. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The City currently has one successful project and one pending project covering the same segment <br />of T.H. #47. The local initiative project must be awarded by June 30, 1998, or the funding could <br />be jeopardized. In order to award a project by June 30, 1998, complete plans should be <br />submitted no later than January 1998. As mentioned above, the outcome of whether the STP <br />project application is successful will not be known until October. If field work is not started <br />soon, it will be unlikely that plans will be able to be completed in order to meet the local <br />initiative deadline. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />If Council wishes to consider pursuing the local initiative project, it should direct that the field <br />work and design be initiated. A proposal received from SRF, Inc. in April 1997 identifies the <br />Phase I work. The cost of this phase is estimated at $37,500. <br /> <br />Committee Action: <br /> <br />Based on discussion. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />Administrative Services Manager <br />Finance Officer <br />City ]Engineer <br /> <br />RB: 9/9/97 <br /> <br />~jo/council&/road&bri/1997/septembe/TH47desi.doe <br /> <br /> <br />