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Prepared by: Bolton & Menk, Inc. INTRODUCTION 2026 PMP Street & Utility Improvements ǀ 25X.137753 Page 1 I. INTRODUCTION The Arden Hills City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement on March 10, 2025 which ordered the preparation of a Feasibility Report for the 2026 Pavement Management Program (PMP) Street & Utility Improvements project. This report will examine the feasibility of proposed improvements to the roadway and utilities within the 2026 PMP project area. The following streets, trail segments, and the surrounding areas, are proposed for improvements: • Karth Lake Drive from the west cul-de-sac to Pleasant Drive • Pleasant Drive from Amble Drive to the north cul-de-sac • Pleasant Circle from the west cul-de-sac to Lexington Avenue (CSAH 51) • Amble Drive from Karth Lake Drive to Lexington Avenue • Amble Circle from Amble Drive to the north cul-de-sac • Karth Lake Circle from Hamline Avenue (CSAH 50) to the south cul-de-sac • Cummings Park Drive from the west cul-de-sac to Lexington Avenue • Select trail segments on the east side of Cummings Park, connecting to the Lexington Avenue trail See Figure 1 in Appendix A for the proposed project location map. This report reviews the existing conditions in the project area and discusses, in detail, the proposed improvements. These proposed street improvements consist of two construction methods, each determined as a result of deteriorating street pavement conditions and proposed improvements to the watermain, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer infrastructure. The first pavement improvement method is the milling and overlaying of the existing roadway pavement with a new wearing course. The second method is the full depth reclamation of the roadway, a process that pulverizes the existing roadway to create a suitable base for new non-wear course and wear course pavement to be installed. The report also provides preliminary cost estimates for the proposed improvements with financing for the project coming from a combination of special assessments, the City’s general tax levy, and the City’s utility funds. If the City decides to proceed with the proposed street and utility improvements described in this report, it is anticipated construction would begin in 2026 as shown in the detailed project schedule found later in this report. II. BACKGROUND The city’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) identifies proposed projects, their associated costs, and funding for a five-year period. The streets evaluated in this report were identified in The City of Arden Hills’s 2025 CIP for construction in the year 2026. The project area is primarily residential with a park area separating the residential properties from the industrial properties surrounding Cummings Park Drive. The project areas were originally constructed as part of five platted developments identified to have been completed primarily in the late 1970’s. The proposed improvements discussed in this report took into consideration the available documents and data related to the project areas, including but not limited to the City of Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan, record drawings, geotechnical reports, Pavement Condition Index (PCI) ratings, sanitary sewer televising inspections, watermain break and leak history, and field observations conducted by city public works staff. DRAFT