Highway 371 North Improvement Project

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Hwy 371 North September 27, 2004 Page 6 of 11 Thus,it appears,and the City requests,that upgrading this stretch should be included as part of these Trunk Highway improvements' costs. 17. The City has in the past looked at extending City sanitary sewer on the west side south from West Lake Street. The timing and financing of such an undertaking will most likely be from a developer-initiated project as opposed to a City-initiated project. Thus,unless a developer steps forward or the City puts together an overall finance plan,they most likely will not place utilities as part of this project. 18. The City has in the past looked at extending City watermain on the west side south from Pillsbury. The timing and financing of such an undertaking will most likely be from a developer-initiated project as opposed to a City-initiated project. Thus,unless a developer steps forward or the City puts together an overall finance plan,they most likely will not place utilities as part of this project. 19. The City has in the past looked at extending City watermain and sanitary sewer on the east side south from Engen Road. The timing and financing of such an undertaking will most likely be from a developer-initiated project as opposed to a City-initiated project. Thus,unless a developer steps forward or the City puts together an overall finance plan,they most likely will not place utilities as part of this project. 20. The City is aware that it has watermain in a casing pipe under TH 371 at Pillsbury and that the casing pipe will need to be extended at the City's cost as part of this project. This watermain (uncased) then turns north and parallels about 15 feet within the easterly TH 371 R/W for about 260 feet north before turning east along the south R/W of Morehouse Drive. This watermain was installed in 1999. Due to the unknown extent and timing of the proposed TH 371 improvements at that time, the City only paid for enough casing pipe to `cover' the existing highway. For the purposes of estimating a cost to the City, and not knowing the exact highway layout at this time, I will use 75 feet of additional casing pipe installed perpendicular to the highway and 260 feet of casing pipe installed parallel to the highway (excavation of existing watermain, installation of a `split' casing pipe, `welding' of the `split' casing pipe, and backfilling) at $150 per foot for a total of$50,250. 21. We understand MnDOT has warrants for the installation of stoplights as well as access management guidelines (for access and stoplights, the spacing varies from 0.25 miles to 1 CADocuments and SettingiAdministratot\Local SettingATemporary Internet File§OLKB\Comments for Council to consider sending to MnDOT 092704-memo.doc