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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 9, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER REPORT *5. MnDOT PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT — RESOLUTION NO. 6657 Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to approve the Master Partnership Contract between the City of Orono and MnDOT and to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6657, a Resolution to Enter into a Master Partnership Contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 6. FOX STREET FEASIBILITY REPORT Public Works Director/City Engineer Edwards noted in December of 2015, the City Council approved the preparation of a feasibility study for Fox Street in order to evaluate improvements to the street. David Martini, Consulting City Engineer, stated the report was broken into three sections: The first section is entitled Section A and encompasses Fox Street from Old Crystal Bay Road to Willow Drive. Martini displayed picture of the roads included in Section A. Martini noted the aggregate in this section ranges from 9.5 to 4.5 inches currently. Option A involves the reconstruction of the roadway in the current footprint, creating an even width of 24 feet, construction of a pavement section that includes geotextile fabric, and ten inches of aggregate base and five inches of bituminous pavement. The cost for this option is $735,413. There would also be some culvert repair and ditch cleaning as well as replacement of the bollards with guardrail. Section B encompasses Fox Street from Willow Drive to Brown Road and is an MSA route. Option B involves the reconstruction of the roadway in the current footprint, creating an even width of 24 feet, construction of a pavement section that includes geotextile fabric, ten inches of aggregate base and five inches of bituminous pavement. Martini indicated this project is similar to the Baldur Park Road project. Also included in the project is replacement of some culverts, ditch cleaning, and installing a new guardrail. The cost for Option B is $643,545. Martini noted Section B is a designated MSA road and is therefore eligible for state funding. Based on current projects, sufficient funding will be available in the MSA account in 2017 for Section B. Sections A and C require funding from the Pavement Management Fund if either of these projects are to be completed in 2017. Martini stated not replacing the aggregate base in Sections A or B would result in the road not meeting its anticipated life expectancy. Section C encompasses Fox Street from Brown Road to Orono Orchard Road. Option C includes milling of the road and a three inch overlay with some segment patching at a cost of $418,271. This section is in the best shape out of all three sections. Martini indicated the total cost for all three sections is $1.8 million and that he is looking for Council approval to accept the feasibility report. Council Member Printup asked if less is more in relation to the swampy areas. Page 3 of 17