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: N REQUEST POR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 12/13/93 ITEM Ho GI Department A provalo. Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: Reports and Recommendations Item Description: Approval of cooperative agreement, Ramsey County Hamline Avenue improvement, County Road H to County Road C�-Agreement No. 92015 BaeRground*0 on March 9, 1993, a public hearing was held on the Hamline Avenue project. Work involves the repair or reconstruction of Hamline Avenue -from County Road B to County Road C. The segment of Hamline from County Road H to County Road H-2 is planned to be milled and overlaid; The segment from County Road Ba--2 to County Road C is proposed to be completely reconstructed+ At the hearing, the Council ordered the improvement. By statute, for the project to proceedf a contract Faust be awarded for the work within one year of the date of the original order Therefore, the project must be awarded by Ramsey County by March 9, 1994, or a new hearing Faust be held. In accordance with the order of the City Council and the original feasibility report, Ramsey County has prepared final plans for the project and a draft cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement Outlines financing for the improvements A copy of the proposed agreement is attached. Policy objectives: City policy and past practice requires City Council review and approval for cooperative agreements for projects done jointly between the City and the county. Cooperative agreements, typically, spell out responsibilities of both agencies in t erns ,o f construction operations and project financing. Cost participations in the agreement follows the normal Ramsey County cost part iY-1 ipation policy @- The one exception is boulevard trees. Typically, the County has not participated in replacement of boulevard trees. W i�4-1 the Ham-line project, the County will be starting a new process when they will install trees on a one for one replacement basis if reques--px': "i-i the property owner* The cost participation for the installaticn b:� new trees will -be split 50/50 between the City and the County. I n ,'V .--j future, the City will be fully, responsible for ownership and maintenance of the trees on County right-of-way. Financial implications: The total estimated City share of the project cost is $128, 836. The major elements of this cost participation includes the following: