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March 31, 2014 Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Patrick Klaers, City Administrator Terry Maurer, Public Works Director Consultant Bridge Contractbetween Arden Hills, New Brighton and Ramsey County Authorize an expenditure of up to $25,000 for consultant services for a joint contract with the cities of Arden Hills and New Brighton, and Ramsey County, dealing with traffic and aesthetics for three of the bridges to be reconstructed by MnDOT over 35W the next several years. Over the next several years MnDOT plans to reconstruct five bridges which involve the City; four over 35W and one over TH 51. Staff has been talking with the City of New Brighton and Ramsey County about issues concerning three of these projects (Hwy 96, Lake Valentine Road and County Road E-2 over 35W) such as traffic flow, adjacent intersections, future and current pedestrian facilities and bridge aesthetics for the corridor. The three agencies believe it would be valuable to hire a consultant to look at these issues on our behalf since these issues are generally The City of New Brighton has volunteered to lead such an effort and enter into a consultant agreement for a scope of services that the three parties prepare. Arden Hills would be asked to pay what is deemed to be our share estimated to be in the $20,000-$25,000 range. The current Capital Improvement Plan contains $1,000,000 for participation in thesevarious bridge projects which would be the funding source. Although the focus of this work would be the three bridges between the cities of Arden Hills and New Brighton, the information gathered would be valuable for the other two bridges at County Road H over 35W and County Road E over TH 51, especially the aesthetic treatment issue for the County Road E Bridge recently raised by the Council. Staff would recommend that the Council authorize the expenditure of up $25,000 for this study. Page of