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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Agenda Item Date: March 24, 2015 Item No: 5 Item Description: Communication Items Projects update: • Victoria Street Reconstruction and Sidewalk Project: This project is being advertised to solicit for bids with the bid opening on April 91h. Assuming we receive a reasonable low bid, staff expects to award this project at the April 13th City Council meeting • Staff attended a preliminary Staff Advisory Committee meeting for the 1-35W North Corridor Preliminary Design Project. This project would install one managed lane in each direction for 35W from Trunk Highway 36 to Lexington Ave in Blaine. The preliminary plans would be ready in mid -2016. Currently this project is only partially funded and programmed for the year 2020 or beyond. There is a chance that with some additional Transportation funding this project could be accelerated. • Due to high bids which were received at the end of April, staff has recommended the rejection of bids for the Evergreen Stormwater Reuse Project. This project would have installed a large underground stormwater retention tank that would have provided water for the irrigation of the Evergreen Park baseball fields. The low bid received was $660,000, which was 45% higher than the engineer's estimate. The City of Roseville does have $300,000 grant for the construction of this project, but staff felt that that additional cost to the City of Roseville as well as the potential additional unknown costs could not be justified for this project. We are continuing to work with the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) in an attempt to determine an alternative project for these funds. Council will act on staff's recommendation on Monday, March 23`d. Maintenance Activity: • Street maintenance staff is busy sweeping the entire street network hoping to get through every street prior to the first major rain event since melt down of the gutters. They should complete the city sometime the week of March 23`d. Sidewalks are being swept by Parks personnel and pavement repairs have begun as well. Utility crews have been busy beginning seasonal preventative maintenance programs. We did receive 2 calls on frozen water services in the past two weeks but the threat should pass quickly with the recent more average temperatures.. Other: Staff will brief the Commission on some department retirements and staff changes. Nothing new to report regarding the Solar Credit applications at this time. Attachments: A: None