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Transportation Issues Update July 10, 2006 Page 2 3. 2005 Street Reconstruction Project As you may be aware, the fmal bitwninous paving has not yet been placed on the 2005 Street Reconstruction Project in the area of 5th Street, Tipton and Upland Avenues. This is due to the fact that Universal Enterprises of Mid-Minnesota, our general contractor for this project, went out of business this spring. We have been working with the bonding company for Universal Enterprises for the past several weeks and have recently reached agreement wherein they will hire Hardrives, Inc., another paving contractor, to finish the project. We have been in contact with Hardrives' representative relative to the scheduling and the punch list work that is necessary to complete the project. We anticipate that the project will be completed within the next 30 days. Universal Enterprises of Mid-Minnesota was also the contractor for the Public Works Paving Project. We have been working with the same bonding company to get Hardrives to complete this paving also. We anticipate that this project will be completed in a similar time frame. 4. 193rd Avenue Corridor Since the last time that we formally discussed this project with the City Council and were given direction regarding the preferred alternative, we have been gathering additional topographic information, identifying and delineating wetlands and other significant topographic features. We have also engaged Howard Roston with Malkerson, Gi11i1and, Martin, LLP to help the City with the land acquisition process, and Jason Messner, an appraiser with Patchin, Messner, and Dodd Appraisals. Sometime in early August, we anticipate being prepared to make a formal presentation to the City Council relative to the alignment of the chosen alternative and its effects on the various properties. Along with that presentation, Mr. Roston will provide a written update as to recent changes in the eminent domain law and brief outline of the process the City will need to go through to acquire the necessary right-of-way. Mr. Messner is working on a ballpark estimate for the land acquisition cost, in an effort to better fine-tune the first estimate that was presented at a previous Council meeting. As we proceed in detailing a preliminary design of the chosen alternative, we have had several meetings and phone conversations with the property owners directly affected by the road alignment. We will continue to work closely with these property owners and share with them our findings so that they will have working knowledge of the information we will be presenting to the City Council in the future. 5. School Street/H.S. Driveway Signalization The contractor for the signalization of the high school parking lot entrance at School Street is beginning work on the placement of pedestals and wiring, along with the minor modifications to the high school driveway entrance. We are also working with the contractor hired by the school district who will be relocating the welcome center at the high school parking lot entrance further back into the school property to allow for better traffic flow into and out of the parking lot. All of the signal equipment has been ordered, although we have not yet been given a tentative delivery date. Once the s: \Engineer\2006 CC memos \ Transportation update 7 -lO-06.doc