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AGENDA ITEM Prepared By: Reviewed By: Approved By: 1. Purpose. The purpose of this action item is to gain council direction on the design and engineering of the Fox Street Project. 2. Background. At the April 11th, 2022 Council Work Session the Council provided direction for 2023 street projects. The streets being considered for 2023 are Fox Street (Brown to Orono Orchard) and Townline Road. Due to the complexities of the Fox Street Project the design effort was divided into two portions: preliminary design and final design. Preliminary design work is complete. Staff and Bolton and Menk will provide a briefing on the analysis of the roadway and options for its improvement. 3. Neighborhood Input. In November of 2021, the city received a petition from 11 of the Fox Street residents requesting the city consider a dedicated bike and pedestrian lane. Subsequently city staff received call from two residents expressing concern with pedestrian or bike modification to the right of way. In preparation for tonight’s meeting staff sent letters to all impacted residents inviting input. 4. Scope. The overall project scope is the repaving/reconstruction of Fox street between Brown and Orono Orchard. The preliminary design scope of work consisted of wetland delineations of abutting wetlands; development of scoping options and analysis of feasibility of inclusion of pedestrian facilities. 5. Summary of Analysis. Mr. Dave Martini, P.E., of Bolton and Menk, will provide a briefing on the analysis of the roadway and options for its improvement. a. Pavement Improvement. After analyzing the condition of the existing roadway and the environmental conditions around it, the team recommends a two part approach to address the pavement conditions and provide a durable product. The upland portion of the roadway are best addressed with a mill and overlay. The wetland portion of the road way should be reconstructed with a portion of the subgrade replaced with light weight fill. The profile of the road will be raised 4-6 inches throughout this section to reduce the changes of overtopping during heavy precipitation events. The total cost of this work is estimated to be $1,098,987. b. Bike/Pedestrian Facilities. The key challenge with widening the usable area of the right of way to accommodate bike and pedestrian infrastructure is the wetland area. In order to accommodate a standard 8ft wide multimodal trail would necessitate the construction of a boardwalk. Construction of a 1000ft board walk could cost on the order of $1M+. These seemed impractical so the team looked at the impacts and cost of a modest widening by addition of 4 feet of shoulder. This could be implemented as 2 feet on each side or all 4 feet on one side. This would not allow the construction of any standard pedestrian of bike infrastructure but might provide a narrow refuge when there is traffic in both lanes of the roadway. The cost estimate to widen the roadway by 4 feet is $675,000. 6. Funding. The engineering as well as the eventual pavement project will be funded with a combination of the Pavement Management and Stormwater Funds. A funding source for a Bike/ Pedestrian project has not been identified. Options might include voluntary assessment or donations. The remainder of the 2023 pavement fund is earmarked for the Townline road reconstruction; the Parks Fun has insufficient funds and this is not on the Parks CIP; and the Community investment fund will be used for the Navarre Parking lot and Wayzata Blvd improvements. Item No.: 19 Date: September 12, 2022 Item Description: Fox Street Preliminary Planning and Engineering Presentation (Project #23-001) Presenter: Adam T. Edwards City Administrator/City Engineer Agenda Section: City Engineer