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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 8, 2016 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 3 of 17 <br /> <br />PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER REPORT <br /> <br />*5. MnDOT PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT – RESOLUTION NO. 6657 <br /> <br />Levang moved, Walsh seconded, to approve the Master Partnership Contract between the City of <br />Orono and MnDOT and to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6657, a Resolution to Enter into a Master <br />Partnership Contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />6. FOX STREET FEASIBILITY REPORT <br /> <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Edwards noted in December of 2015, the City Council approved the <br />preparation of a feasibility study for Fox Street in order to evaluate improvements to the street. <br /> <br />David Martini, Consulting City Engineer, stated the report was broken into three sections: <br /> <br />The first section is entitled Section A and encompasses Fox Street from Old Crystal Bay Road to Willow <br />Drive. <br /> <br />Martini displayed picture of the roads included in Section A. Martini noted the aggregate in this section <br />ranges from 9.5 to 4.5 inches currently. Option A involves the reconstruction of the roadway in the <br />current footprint, creating an even width of 24 feet, construction of a pavement section that includes <br />geotextile fabric, and ten inches of aggregate base and five inches of bituminous pavement. The cost for <br />this option is $735,413. There would also be some culvert repair and ditch cleaning as well as <br />replacement of the bollards with guardrail. <br /> <br />Section B encompasses Fox Street from Willow Drive to Brown Road and is an MSA route. Option B <br />involves the reconstruction of the roadway in the current footprint, creating an even width of 24 feet, <br />construction of a pavement section that includes geotextile fabric, ten inches of aggregate base and five <br />inches of bituminous pavement. Martini indicated this project is similar to the Baldur Park Road project. <br />Also included in the project is replacement of some culverts, ditch cleaning, and installing a new <br />guardrail. The cost for Option B is $643,545. <br /> <br />Martini noted Section B is a designated MSA road and is therefore eligible for state funding. Based on <br />current projects, sufficient funding will be available in the MSA account in 2017 for Section B. Sections <br />A and C require funding from the Pavement Management Fund if either of these projects are to be <br />completed in 2017. <br /> <br />Martini stated not replacing the aggregate base in Sections A or B would result in the road not meeting its <br />anticipated life expectancy. <br /> <br />Section C encompasses Fox Street from Brown Road to Orono Orchard Road. Option C includes milling <br />of the road and a three inch overlay with some segment patching at a cost of $418,271. This section is in <br />the best shape out of all three sections. <br /> <br />Martini indicated the total cost for all three sections is $1.8 million and that he is looking for Council <br />approval to accept the feasibility report. <br /> <br />Council Member Printup asked if less is more in relation to the swampy areas.