9B, Assistant City Engineer Appointment

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�ec�iv►ed January 5, 2012 City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 Human Resources Coordinator: JAN - � 201i City of �.rden Hills I present myself as a candidate for the position Assistant City Engineer. Enclosed please find my completed application. My background has prepared me to be the best-suited candidate for this position. I have an extensive depth of knowledge in many of the subjects that this job will require such as ICON pavement management, State and Federal aid projects and funding, and pavement management project execution including watershed coordination. Understanding pavement conditions and forecasting budgetary needs is a core part of the engineering deparhnent duties. I am a long time user of the ICON pavement management software. As Assistant City Engineer in Hopkins I transitioned pavement distress survey work from a contract basis with the city's consultant, Goodpoint, to city staff. In Elk River my work in ICON included entering data on street construction and maintenance projects, producing reports, producing maps of pavement conditions in Arcview, programming future projects in ICON and mapping them in Arcview. State and Federal funding is important to Arden Hills as a way to fund street and trail projects. The two most recent state / federal aid projects I managed were for the City of Elk River. The first was an extension of an existing roadway along a new corridor approximately 0.75 Miles in length. Some of the elements involved in this project included land acquisition, new construction to State Aid standards, wetland impacts, and the federal funding process. The second project was construction of a trail along an abandoned railroad corridor. I was successful in securing federal funding on behalf of the city of E1k River for this project. In my previous roles I have been responsible for maintaining and updating State Aid needs and mapping for the cities of Hopkins and Elk River. Pavement management projects are a large portion of city engineering responsibilities. I have an extensive work history in pavement management projects carrying them through from concept to execution. I have worked on many types of pavement management projects such as reconstruction, reclamation, mill and overlay, and seal coat in both rural and urban street sections. I am well versed in the special assessment process and all the requirements that need to be met to levy a special assessment. With any project watershed rules are an important part of the process but pavement management projects_are especially difficult due to the lack of right of way needed to meet regulations. I find that _ __ it is best to maintain a good working relationship with district staff in order work through the challenges presented. I demonstrated this in my work in Hopkins dealing with two watershed districts Often times there are funding programs available to help meet or exceed the watershed goals. Thank you for the opportunity to pr•esent myself as a candidate for this position and I look forward to meeting with City staff to discuss my qualifications and why I am the best candidate for the position. Sincerely, ►n.�+. ___• T_t__ w.r �_�_____ nr. �