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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Ma or and Ci Council 8.1 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY General Business Ma 21, 2012 erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Highway 169 and Main Street Intersection Beautification Design Cal Portner, Ci Administrator REVIEWED BY ACTION REQUESTED Staff recommends Council direct staff to: 1. Develop Limited Use Permit to improve the intersection of Main Street and Highway 169. 2. Direct staff to begin discussions with adjacent businesses to look into sprinkler system cooperation. Solicit detailed plans for signage in the northeast corner on city owned property. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION On March 12, staff presented preliminary designs of possible improvements to the Main Street and Highway 169 intersection. With Council direction, staff has been working with HKGI on the refinement of the plans and the cost estimates. With these refined plans, staff has been working with MNDOT officials to better understand their approval process. The issues they've identified are summarized: Limited Use Permit (L,UP~ To install any improvements in the right-of--way (ROW), MNDOT will require a Limited Use Permit. Staff has not begun drafting that agreement, pending approval of a final design and budget for the project. Once started, I expect the LUP process to take six weeks, including final review and approval by the City Council. The expectation is the construction and maintenance cost will be borne by the city, and should the intersection be improved (expanded), these features will need to be removed. Clear Zone. In preliminary conversations with MNDOT, they expressed concern with placing boulders in an area they identify as the `clear zone'. Staff has computed the clear zone, and although we've determined that the boulders proposed would be outside of the clear zone, our recommendation that any signage be located out of the right-of--way up the hill for visibility advantage. (Cars at a stop light would block the signage.) Construction Stasrinsr. MNDOT led construction projects for Highway 169 are expected to start the first half of July, and continue through the end of September. Should the Council authorize the improvement of this intersection in 2012, it is expected that this would occur after the MNDOT project. The change in appearance of this intersection with MNDOT's project will be noteworthy due to the painting of the signals and the landscaping. With Council direction, staff will continue to work with MNDOT on the approval process and prepare the LUP permit. F1i~EREA 8~ N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\05-21-2012\SR to CC Intersections 5-21-12.docx