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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: August 8, 2022 Item No.: 10.d Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description:Approve Cooperative Agreement with Ramsey County for Right of Way Acquisition for County Road B between Snelling Avenue and Lexington Avenue 1 B ACKGROUND 2 As part of Ramsey County’s Transportation Improvement Plan for 2023, the County plans to do 3 work on County Road B between Snelling Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The improvements 4 consist of resurfacing the roadway by removing the existing concrete pavement and replacing it with 5 bituminous pavement. Work also consists of miscellaneous curb repairs, ADA sidewalk 6 improvements and replacement of three traffic signal systems (State Farm Road, Hamline Avenue 7 and Lexington Avenue). The City will also be replacing the watermain as part of the project between 8 Snelling Avenue and Hamline Avenue and between Dellwood Street and Merrill Street. 9 In order to accommodate the new signals and ADA sidewalk upgrades, right of way acquisition by 10 the County is required. Per the County’s cost share policy, the City is responsible for half of the 11 right of way costs. In order to proceed with the right of way acquisition, the County has drafted a 12 cooperative agreement for the right of way acquisition. The agreement details how the County will 13 procure the right of way and charge the City for half the costs of the acquisitions, which equals 14 $343,964.00. 15 The project is scheduled for the summer of 2023. 16 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 17 It has been the City’s policy to manage and maintain the street infrastructure which achieves the 18 lowest overall cost to the City over time. This agreement is consistent with those goals. 19 F INANCIAL I MPACTS 20 Overall project cost for the City is estimated to be $1,262,643.00. 21 The City’s anticipated cost share for the right of way is estimated to be $343,964.00. Future 22 construction costs are estimated to be $280,324.00 for the City’s portion of the signal leg at State 23 Farm Road and other miscellaneous pavement repairs associated with the watermain replacement. 24 These costs would be paid using Municipal State Aid funds. A separate cost share agreement will be 25 entered into for the construction costs at a later date. 26 The City’s estimated cost of the watermain improvement is $638,355.00and would be paid from the 27 water utility fund. 28 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 29 Staff recommends approving the Cooperative Agreement with Ramsey County for Right of Way Page 1 of 2