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I'l'EM #5.1. Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS October 5, 1998 File: 801760J-0060 Formerly MSA Consulting Engineers Mr. Pat Klaers City Administrator City of Elk River 13065 'Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: TRUNK HIGHWAY 10/171sT AVENUE SIGNALIZATION UPDATE Dear Mr. Klaers: This letter is intended to give you an update on the status of the signalization improvements at the intersection of Trunk Highway 10 and 171s' Avenue. Last week, we met with representatives of Mn/DOT from District 3 in Brainerd and the Metro District in Golden Valley. There has been some confusion over the last couple of months as to which Mn/DOT district would oversee this signalization project. As you are aware, all of Elk River is within Mn/DOT District 3 out of Brainerd for financing, however Trunk Highway 10 east of the Trunk Highway 101/Trunk Highway 169 interchange is in the Metro District for maintenance and operations purposes. Mn/DOT has decided that the Metro office out of Golden Valley will oversee this project, and that Brainerd will simply provide the financing to Golden Valley to be distributed as needed. Unfortunately, Golden Valley's process for review and approval of the plans and the preparation of the signal agreement is lengthier than what we are used with the Brainerd office of Mn/DOT. We anticipate that it will take until January to have approved plans and an agreement that will allow us to bid this project. Therefore, the project would likely be bid in February of 1999. This should not cause a lengthy delay in the installation of an operational signal at this intersection, since a project awarded in February will allow the Contractor to receive all of the necessary equipment by Spring, at which time the signal could be put into operation. As you know, we had hoped that the project would be let this Fall, with the wiring and concrete bases installed before Winter freeze-up, and the signal equipment installed in the Spring of 1999. One good thing to come out of our meeting is an agreement that Mn/DOT will pay 60% of all improvements, including the signal and driveway closure at Houle's, and the installation of the concrete median along 171s~ Avenue. We had originally thought that the split would be 50/50 on the signal, and the City would pay 100% for the driveway closure and median installation. The one catch that will go along with the 60/40 split is that in the future, when a fourth leg is developed into Scott Powell's property, minor modifications needed to the signal system will be at the expense of the City of Elk River, with no Mn/DOT participation. \\Elkriver~ys\SH RDOC~ADMIN\760-0501 .DOC 1326 Energy Park Drive · St, Paul, MN 55108 ° 612/644-4389 fax 612/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389