Workshop Item: - Jon Haukaas, Director of Public Works
Title
ANOKA COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF 125TH AVENUE FROM LEXINGTON AVENUE TO OPAL STREET
Background
At the City Council workshop on May 8th, staff prepared a memo detailing a proposed partnering project with Anoka County to reconstruct the portion of 125th Avenue from Lexington Avenue to Opal Street.
Anoka County has prepared a map depicting the preliminary layout of the proposed project, see attached. The project would reconstruct the pavement and extend the concrete median from Lexington Avenue to Lever Street. From Lever Street, the median would taper out past the turn lanes and the pavement would be milled and overlaid to Opal Street. The project also includes all turn lanes and a signal at Lever Street. The county would look to have the City participate in the cost of the signal, consistent with their cost participation policy. The proposed project schedule would be to construct the summer of 2019 and complete by fall of 2019. The project schedule would coincide with the completion of the new Anoka Hennepin elementary school also scheduled to open in the fall of 2019.
Anoka County will be present to outline the details of the project including the preliminary plan, project schedule, and to answer any questions related to the development of the project.
Recommendation
If council is in agreement with the proposed project, request Anoka County to prepare a Joint Powers agreement detailing the responsibility of both agencies as they relate to division of project costs and long term maintenance.