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Snelling Avenue North Street and Utility Improvements | City of Arden Hills FIRM INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE Bolton & Menk specializes in providing public infrastructure solutions. Since 1949, we have been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence and client satisfaction. What started over 70 years ago has flourished into one of the Midwest’s largest engineering firms, and today we have nearly 650 employees throughout 24 offices in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Our growth in the Twin Cities marketplace has also expanded in recent years, and with the addition of a downtown Minneapolis office in 2020, we now have 255 employees between our six Metro locations. Today, Bolton & Menk ranks first on Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Largest Metro Engineering Firms Top 25 list, and our five-year vision includes expanding further into the Twin Cities market with clients that align with our belief in creating safe, sustainable, and beautiful communities. 1Firm Information and Experience Crosby Road Improvements City of Minnetonka The City of Minnetonka’s utility evaluation assessment and Pavement Management Program (PMP) identified a segment of Crosby Road for pavement rehabilitation. This segment of Crosby Road is a vital transportation collector route and pedestrian link between McGinty Road, Wayzata Boulevard, and TH 12. In addition to transportation and pedestrian issues, this corridor had deficient watermain and storm sewer facilities. Several neighborhoods adjacent to this segment of Crosby Road have no outlet and there was a concern regarding access during construction. We developed solutions to several problems in the project area, including • Determining the appropriate side of the roadway for a new pedestrian facility • Evaluating potential large-scale storm sewer needs • Identifying replacement alternative needs under a Canadian Pacific Railroad • Eliminating a horseshoe driveway, requiring temporary and permanent easements We developed a plan that included staged construction, utility installation, and identified detours to ease local resident and business concerns for access and utility outages. Completing construction in three stages minimized disruptions and improved access to adjacent neighborhoods. Interlachen Park Street and Utility Improvements City of Hopkins The Hopkins Interlachen Park neighborhood streets are deteriorated, and underground utilities have reached the end of their life span. The neighborhood consists of almost 300 single family properties and borders the Meadowbrook and Interlachen golf courses. This was also one of the last neighborhoods in the city without concrete curb and gutter, which some residents have opposed in the past. The city is fully reconstructing the streets and utilities and installing curb and gutter within the neighborhood over two construction seasons. Bolton & Menk worked with city staff to put together a feasibility report and preliminary plans that show it is possible to construct this large neighborhood project over two construction seasons while maintaining access and staying within budget. Several neighborhood meetings were held, and questionnaires were delivered to property owners to collect input on controversial items such as sidewalks, tree removals, and curb and gutter installation. It was determined that sidewalks were not needed throughout the neighborhood and were largely not desired by residents. Tree removals were a major concern for residents; Bolton & Menk worked with an independent arborist to rate tree conditions to determine if a tree should be removed or was worth saving. Trenchless service options were offered to residents at a higher assessment cost if they wished to save a tree that was directly over a utility service. The installation of curb and gutter was also contested by some residents. Bolton & Menk produced a 60-page supplemental report to the feasibility study to compare alternatives with an evaluation matrix. Woodhill Road Improvements City of Minnetonka Woodhill Road was a 1.1-mile collector roadway with a failing surface and aging 36-inch trunk water main that provided water from the tower to much of the city. Bolton & Menk developed plans to replace the 36-inch water main with a smaller, but acceptable, 30-inch water main. An 8-inch domestic water main was added to parallel the trunk to serve the domestic water services, reducing connection and potential weak points on the new trunk main.