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I I. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM I DATE: July 3,1996 I TO: Brian F,ritsinger, City Administrator k I FROM: Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Superintendent SUBJECT: 1996 Street Improvements; Change Order #1 I Backl!round I Pine Tree Drive is one of the streets scheduled for an overlay in the 1996 Street Improvements Plan. The City Engineers having provided Ramsey County with a copy of this year's street improvement plans, received word from the County of a possible conflict at the intersection of I Pine Tree Drive and County Road E. In order for the new overlay to match the existing pavement on County Road E and the existing I curb at the edge of Pine Tree Drive, it will be necessary to mill a portion of the existing bituminous surface. Typically a 6 foot wide swath would be made along each curb and a 12 foot wide area would be milled where Pine Tree Drive butts up to the edge of County Road E. This .. milling will be to a depth of approximately I 1/2 inches. I The County has reminded the Arden Hills Public Works Department and the City Engineers that the loop detectors which control the semaphores at this intersection, are typically buried only I 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches in the pavement and that milling this area may damage or completely destroy I the existing detectors. Recommendation I The Public Works Department recommends the City Council approve Change Order #1 appropriating $7,317.40 for the replacement of the loop detectors if necessary. The Public Works staff also recommends the City Engineer be instructed to take all precautions possible to I protect and save the existing loop detectors, there by saving any repair or replacement costs. I I I f' I - -