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I TEM If 4 . 5 . . Howard R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS m CONSULTING ENGINEERS Formerly MSA Consulting Engineers January 14, 1999 File: 803570J-0030 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: SCHOOL STREET FEASIBILITY STUDY Dear Council Members: . Attached is a copy of the Feasibility Study for the School Street Improvements between Proctor Avenue and Jackson Avenue. This study was authorized by the City Council in May of 1998. It was originally anticipated that this would be a 1998 improvement. The proposed improvement consists of the completion of the widening of School Street to a four-lane facility from its current location just west of Jackson Avenue to Proctor Avenue. It also includes construction of a sidewalk along the south side of the road between Proctor Avenue and Jackson Avenue. After the project was initiated by the City Council, there were a number of meetings between City Staff and School District Staff and between the City Council and School Board Members. Through these various meetings it was agreed to delay the project to 1999. At the same time, however, it was decided to proceed with the School Street improvements west of Proctor Avenue in 1998. This was done to save the School District's ALC project the cost of restoring School Street after installing the storm sewer. After these decisions were reached, the School Board did authorize the granting of an easement to the City along the north side of School Street to facilitate the construction of the widened street. In 1998, Elk River Municipal Utilities moved power poles along the north side of School Street to allow for the widening project to take place. . As directed by the City Council in 1998, the feasibility study proposes the assessment of the sidewalk along the south side of School Street to those abutting properties on a front foot basis. The recommended assessment rate is $12.00 per front foot. The feasibility study goes on to take the remaining project cost and assess half of it to the School District and proposes the funding of the other half with Municipal State Aid Construction Funds. The rational used by the City Council in determining the assessment method was the increased traffic generated by the School District and increased accidents during the school day. The feasibility study does include traffic counts along this portion of School Street taken both in early August and late September while school is out of session and just after school is back in session. These traffic counts indicate that the number of vehicle trips along School Street increased by approximately o.lproj.l570-0112.jan 1326 Energy Park Drive. 81. Paul, MN 55108 . 612/644-4389 fax 612/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389