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Item # 5.2. <br />MEMORANDUM <br />xiver <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Justin Femrite, P.E., City Engineer <br />DATE: January 10, 201 I <br />SUBJECT: Engineering Project Update <br />Below is a summary of the current projects the engineering department is working on. <br />1) GIS Mapping <br />Over the next two weeks the newly created GIS mapping application will be <br />rolled out to city staff. The information contained on the application has <br />come from all existing mapping information that the Ciry had available. The <br />application will function similar to the Sherburne County mapping <br />application but is tailored to the Ciry of Elk River. The application will allow <br />staff to view all of the City produced maps from their computer. The <br />application offers a lot of functions that will be used on a daily basis by staff <br />including property searches, printing mass mailing labels, creating customized <br />figures with the city logo, and much more. <br />Schedule <br />The next steps in improving the mapping application will happen at the <br />department levels over the next few years. Our goal is to have the <br />departments review their systems and start to develop more detailed sets of <br />data on all of their components. This will allow us to implement an asset <br />management component within the application. This asset management <br />component will allow each department to manage their systems through the <br />application by creating work orders and keeping maintenance records directly <br />in the application. <br />2) Eastern Area Trail and Mobility Improvements <br />This project involves the construction of the missing pieces of trail along the <br />east side of Twin Lakes Road from the Northstar Commuter Rail Station to <br />Trott Brook Parkway. It also provides ADA compliant sidewalks and <br />pedestrian ramps along Line Avenue from Main Street to 3rd Street. The <br />Transportation Enhancement Application for this project is due by January <br />14, 2011. Our application includes requesting 80% of the eligible project <br />N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\1-10-2011\Engineer Update.docx <br />