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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 5/19/2025 Item No.: 10.d. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Resolution for Application to MnDOT Local Partnership Program (LPP) Grant for the Snelling Avenue Pathway 1 2 Background 3 In 2026, MnDOT will be resurfacing Snelling Avenue (TH 51) from Highway 36 to Grey Fox 4 Road in Arden Hills. As a part of their project, they propose to build an off-road path on the 5 east side of Snelling from Lydia to Asbury in Roseville and from Glenhill Road to Snelling 6 Ave North (Old Snelling) in Arden Hills. MnDOT is not proposing a path in between these 7 segments, from Asbury Street to Glenhill Road (Snelling Avenue Pathway). A pathway on 8 the west side of Snelling, north of Lydia, has been identified in the adopted Pathway Master 9 Plan. In addition, the same corridor is identified as a Tier 1 Corridor in the Metropolitan 10 Council’s Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (RBTN). Per Met Council, the “RBTN is 11 the official regional bikeway network that sets the region’s priority vision for planning and 12 investment.” Although the RBTN includes the neighborhood streets of Asbury, Ridgewood 13 and Glenhill in the possible connection limits, and that route is what MnDOT assumes a 14 pedestrian or cyclist will use, that route is an indirect on-road connection. A continuous 15 pathway from Lydia to Old Snelling would provide connection from Roseville, Oasis Park, 16 and Northwestern University to Mounds View High School, Valentine Hills Elementary 17 School, Bethel College, Lake Johanna Park and County Road E2 commercial businesses. 18 19 Since the cities believe this missing segment provides a direct and coherent multimodal 20 connection both at a local and regional level, staff wishes to apply for MnDOT’s Local 21 Partnership Program (LPP) Grant program with Arden Hills. The grant provides funding in 22 accordance with MnDOT’s Cost Participation Policy which ideally means the grant will pay 23 for construction and construction administration for the pathway construction. Roseville and 24 Arden Hills would need to pay for the design engineering fees, for which Roseville intends 25 to use available Municipal State Aid Funds. If awarded the grant, funding is available in 26 June 2026 so construction would likely occur in late 2026 or early 2027. 27 28 Policy Objectives 29 People and businesses prosper by using a reliable, affordable, and efficient multi-modal 30 transportation system that connects them to destinations throughout the region and 31 beyond. 32 Page 1 of 2 Qbhf!219!pg!226