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Transportation Update May 4, 2006 Page 3 be in late summer with some work beginning in 2006, but the majority of the work would be completed in 2007. 8. CSAH 33/County Road 77 Improvement This also is a County Federally funded project. Plans have been submitted to MnDOT to begin the initial review. This is the project that includes the pedestrian tunnel under CSAH 33 along the Railroad Trail. We have worked will Bill Maertz and County staff to coordinate the design and placement of the pedestrian trail. I anticipate that an agreement will be coming forward from the County soon, relative to cost participation in this project for the pedestrian trail. I will present it to the City Council as soon as it becomes available. Again, because of the Federal funding, the bid date will be set by MnDOT. I would anticipate a very similar process to County Highway 40, in that the bid will likely be in late summer with some work beginning in 2006 and the bulk of the project being constructed in 2007. 9. TH 169 Geometric and Environmental Study Based on the resolution recently adopted by the City Council, we will be meeting with representatives of MnDOT on Monday, May 8, 2006 to negotiate details for the parameters set in the recent City Council resolution. Once we have firmed up these details, we will present them to the City Council for the final commitment regarding the funding of the highway study. 10. 2007 Street Reconstruction Improvements As has been the City's practice, 2007 will be another street reconstruction year. City staff has been discussion two possible locations for street reconstruction in 2007; these being the Deerfield 3rd Addition area and the area lying east of Jackson Avenue and south of School Street. We will prepare some ballpark estimates relative to improvement costs and assessable properties for presentation to the City Council in the fall of 2006, seeking direction on which projects to proceed with for the 2007 construction season. 11. School Street/] ackson Avenue Intersection Geometries In some of the various transportation discussions that have taken place over the last 18 months, the City Council has asked us to take a look at the geometries and signalization at the School Street/J ackson Avenue intersection and return with reconunendations relative to potential changes to the signal and/or roadway geometric layouts. We took an initial look at this area 12 - 18 months ago, but the project was placed on the back burner at staff's recommendation, due to the Jackson Villa townhouse project on the west side of J ackson Avenue. There is a significant amount of unsuitable material which needs to be removed from that site and a corresponding amount of good material hauled into the site. Staff's concern was that all this trucking activity would have a negative impact on the re-striping of J ackson Avenue. We have heard various rumors about the Jackson Villas project beginning soon, although have not received any firm commitments from the developer and/or his contractor. Therefore, unless directed differently by the City Council, staff is prepared to begin in earnest looking at the S:\Engineer\2006 CCmemos\05 04 06ltrCCtransp issues.doc