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*■ m REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: Novcmbcf 10,2005 ITEM NO: ^ COUNCIL MEETING NOV 142005 i. OTYOFORONO Department Approval: Name Ronald J. Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator’s Report Item Description : Bridge, Pond, and Trail Maintenance Agreements with Mn/DOT As part of the Highway 12 Project, Mn/DOT is constructing bridges, ponds, and trails in Orono. These include the Willow Drive Bridge, the Old Crystal Bay Road Bridge, the Kenobi pond directly east of the Morrie's Body Works property. Spruce pond on the west side of Willow Drive just south of the new Highway 12 corridor, and a small portion of the trail that runs along the north side of the Highway 12 corridor from the Luce Line Trail to downtown Long Lake. (A smalt portion ol this trail is in Orono. due to the uni(]ue location of the Long Lake and Orono City boundary lines in that area. We will be working with Long Lake regarding an agreement through which they will be responsible for the maintenance of this portion of the trail) Mn/DOT retains responsibility for all major maintenance of the bridges. Orono is responsible for the routine, day-to-day-type maintenance activities, such as sealing of cracks on the driving surface, sweeping of the bridge surface and sidewalks, repair or replacement of light fixtures, snow and ice control, and maintenance of lane striping. In relation to the ponds, the City is responsible for inspection, cleaning, and repair ol drainage structures, maintenance of the vegetation around the pond, and pond sediment removal. The oediment removal is a potential significant cost over the long term, although many ponds do not need sediment removal for 15 -20 years or more. There arc two agreements. One covers The Willow and Old Crystal Bay Road bridges. Spruce Pond, and the trail. The other covers Kenobi Pond. The Kenobi Pond agreement is separate because, although the pond is located in Long Lake, all of the stormwater that Dows to the pond comes from Orono. Two resolutions related to the two maintenance agreements are attached for the Council’s consideration. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Motion tj adopt the attached resolutions authorizing the City to enier into cooperative agreements with Mn/DO'f related to bridge, pond, and trail maintenance. 1