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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: September 26, 2022 Item No.: 10.f Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Order Feasibility Report for the County Road B Reconstruction Project 1 B ACKGROUND 2 Staff is requesting that the City Council order the preparation of a feasibility report for the 3 reconstruction of County Road B. In 2023, Ramsey County will be reconstructing County Road B 4 between Snelling Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The proposed plan is to replace the existing 5 concrete pavement with bituminous pavement. The lane configurations will generally remain the 6 same. Additionally, the County will be replacing the signals at Har Mar/Target entrance, Hamline 7 Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Some ADA improvements and sidewalk improvements will also be 8 done as part of the project. The City will be replacing watermain as part of this project between 9 Snelling Avenue and Hamline Avenue and between Dellwood Avenue and Merrill Street. 10 Funding for the project will be determined using Ramsey County’s cost participation policy. On 11 August 8, 2022, the City Council approved a resolution approving a Right of Way (ROW) 12 Agreement with Ramsey County for this project. The estimated cost to the City for its share of the 13 ROW was $343,964.00. The City of Roseville will be responsible for 100% of the water 14 improvements which is estimated to be $650,000. Some costs related to the curb and gutter, storm 15 sewer, and ADA upgrades for the improvement will be required to be paid by the City per Ramsey 16 County’s cost share agreement. This is currently estimated at $130,000. The City would use 17 Municipal State Aid (MSA) Funds for these costs. The other construction-related cost to the City is 18 the signal at the Har Mar/Target entrance. This cost is not eligible for MSA funds. This cost is 19 estimated to be $150,000 per Ramsey County’s cost share agreement. Per the City’s Assessment 20 policy, signal improvements that have private legs can be assessed. A formal agreement would be 21 entered into with the County for the construction-related costs at a later date. 22 Since assessments are proposed for the Har Mar/Target Signal, the Chapter 429 process needs to be 23 followed. The first step is to order a feasibility report and then to gather the applicable information 24 for this report. The feasibility report will identify how much of the improvements can be assessed. 25 A public hearing will be held and then the improvements can be ordered. City staff will plan to 26 complete this by March of 2023 before the County bids the project. The County is considering 27 delaying this project until 2024, potentially, so this timeframe could be extended. 28 The proposed schedule is as follows: 29 Authorize Feasibility Study – September 2022 30 Present Feasibility Study & Set Public Improvement Hearing – January 2023 31 Public Improvement Hearing/Order the Improvements/Authorize Plan & Specs – February 32 2023 33 Enter into Cooperative Agreement with Ramsey County –March 2023 34 County Open Bids – April 2023 Page 1 of 2