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Transportation Issues Update July 10, 2006 Page 5 12. Computerized Pavement Management System One of the items that engineering technicians would be working on through the winter months would be computerizing our pavement management system, so that we would have a formalized objective system of tracking when streets were constructed or maintained and when streets need minor or major attention. Our plan is to acquire the same software that is used by most of the counties and many cities in the State. It has a long track record and there is ample opportunities for help with all of the cities currently using the software. It is my hope that by the 2008 assessable overlay projects, we will have streets recommended based on objective parameters from a computerized pavement management software program. 13. TH 169 Study City Administrator Lori Johnson and I have had meetings with Craig Robinson, the MnDOT Project Manager for 1H 169. It does not appear that MnDOT and the City will be able to come to an agreement for the City to fund the study of 1H 169 . We have conftrmed that Municipal State Aid monies could be utilized for the study, however, the two large stumbling blocks are the ability to cap the City's investment at a million dollars or less. Mr. Robinson has informed us that he does not believe 1H 169 willrequire an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) but would not know that for sure until work was begun on the study. If an EIS is required, the cost of the study would rise significantly. The only suggestion Mr. Robinson had was that the City could end the study if an EIS were required, rather than to commit more funds. The other large stumbling block is MnDOT has no way to commit to future credit for the City's investment in the study against any cost participation the City may have in constructing interchanges along 1H 169. I have asked Mr. Robinson to put MnDOT's positions on these various issues in writing and will bring this item back on a future City Council agenda for more detailed discussion and ftnal determination by the City Council on how to proceed. 14. 2006 Bituminous Overlay Project The preconstruction meeting for the 2006 Overlay Project is scheduled for Thursday of this week. Two items I want to report back on from the public hearing/assessment is the horse trail on 213th Avenue. I have reviewed the situation with Phil Hals and Mark Thompson. There is a series of fairly large power poles along the south side which certainly cannot be moved for a trail. However, by moving the pavement slightly to the north and minor amount of construction, it appears that the City's Street Department will be able to facilitate a 3 - 4 foot wide gravel horse trail. The other area in question from the public hearing! assessment hearing is the Ridgewood area. I have contacted the Ridgewood Homeowner's Association President to inform him that Phil Hals and I are available to meet with him whenever he is ready to discuss various issues throughout the Ridgewood area. S:\Engineer\2006 CC memos \ Transportation update 7 -lO-06.doc