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Transportation Update May 4, 2006 Page 2 3. Highland Avenue Improvement As the Council is aware, the authorization to bid this project was just given and the assessment hearing is scheduled for the May 15th City Council meeting. Bids will be opened in late May and be available for the first Council meeting in June. This would allow work to begin soon after the end of the school year so that the majority of the work can be done while school is not in session. 4. 2006 Bituminous Overlay Preparation of plans and specifications and bidding has been authorized by the City Council in anticipation of a June 19th public hearing! assessment hearing. We are working on the preparation of the assessment roll and the information for mailing to the public at the beginning of June. 5. Naples Street/186th Avenue Improvement As directed by the City Council, we are in the process of obtaining quotes from an appraiser to provide the City information relative to the maximum amount of assessment the properties can support. Once the hired appraiser provides information to staff, we will update the City Council and seek direction as to whether to move to public hearing, abandon the project, or call for another informational meeting with the property owners. 6. 193rd Avenue Corridor Study Since the City Council gave direction to do a preliminary design on the most northerly option for a roadway corridor from Woods at Hillside to CSAH 13, we have been meeting with individual property owners, discussing potential options and receiving information regarding their properties. We have also been soliciting permission for survey crews and wetland delineators to access private property. We will pull together additional topographic and wetland information and begin a layout. We will continue to have dialogue with individual property owners as we proceed through the preliminary design. We anticipate that it will take 60 - 90 days to complete the preliminary design, at which time we will report back to the City Council and seek direction to proceed to a public hearing to make a decision on a roadway corridor. 7. County Highway 40 Improvement As I have reported to the City Council earlier, we have acquired all the necessary right of way for the County Highway 40 Improvement. We have met with the County numerous times through the design phase and the preliminary design has been submitted to MnDOT to begin the initial review of the plans. I have recently been working with the County Public Works Director regarding firming up the agreement between the City and the County. Once I have seen a completed agreement for cost sharing on County Highway 40, I will put it on an available City Council meeting agenda for Council discussion. Because of the Federal funding on County Highway 40, a bid date will be set by MnDOT after plans are finally approved. I would anticipate that the bid date would S:\Engineer\2006 CC memos\05 04 061tr CC transp issues.doc