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Home My WebLink About6.b. Dakota County Captial Improvements - Akron AvenueCITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:November 3, 1992 AGENDA ITEM: Dakota County Capital AGENDA SECTION: Improvements - Akron Avenue New Business - PREPARED BY:Stephan Jilk AGENDITEI I # 6B ATTACHMENTS: Dakota County CIP Fact Sheet APP OVE BY: Letter to Dakota County Dakota County provides Cities the opportunity for input into We development of its' Capital Improvement Plan where projects would affect Cities and/or when Cities fund portions of those projects. In June of this year the City of Rosemount formally reviewed the 1993-1996 Capital Improvement plan for Dakota County. This plan proposed, amoung other projects, the reconstruction of County Road #73(Akron Avenue) for a section running for a mile in Inver Grove Heights and through Rosemount for a length of 2.5 miles. (Cliff Road to CR42) As with other county road projects the City(ies) would have to fund 450 of the cost of reconstruction and a 100% of the cost of additional right of way aquisition and other improvements such as storm water improvements. City staff recommended that the County exclude this project from the 1993- 1996 CIP because the City did not think that the traffic count on the highway warranted the reconstruction at this time and, more importantly, the City could not fund the project until the development abutting the road was such that the City could levy and collect assessments sufficient to fund its portion. Pursuant to this recommendation, approved by the City Council, discussions have been held with the County and representatives of Koch Industries. The purpose of these discussions was to investigate the possibility of Koch paying the Citys share of this project based on several factors, one being that they would be the single largest landholder affected and assessed if the project would proceed. Based on those discussions there seems to be reason to believe that this funding approach has good possibilities of occurring. In order to preserve this possibility and to insure that the project is kept in the Countys' 1993-1996 CIP I would recommend that the City support the County Board in keeping the project in the CIP for the project year of 1995. Continued discussion on the project and funding confirmation can occur prior to 1995 when the project would be built. The County Board will be considering the approval of their CIP on November 10 and it is important that since the City went on record asking that the project be removed that we now support its inclusion. RECOMMENDED ACTION:Motion to support the Dakota County Project #73-08 (County Road 73 -Akron Ave) for completion in 1995 and to continue to support funding for the project through an agreement with Koch Industries COUNCIL ACTION: T 1991 CAPITAL BUDGE and 1991 - 1995 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS I. Description and Location: 2 -lane rural grading and paving on CR 73 from CSAH 42 to CSAH 32 in Rosemont and Inver Grove Heights. II. Purpose and Justification: Traffic on this roadway has increased to the point where it is cost effective to construct and maintain a bituminous roadway rather than continue maintaining a gravel roadway. 1991 Total 1991 New Construction o Tcat No — or Repairs onsu tl ng Services Other 1992 1992 Department: Highway Project Title: CSAH 73 CSAH 42 to CSAH 32 Project Number: 73-08 Project Useful Life: 40 years Project Type: New Agency Priority: High Ill. Impact on Operating and Maintenance Costs: Addition of 7.0 miles of bituminous roadway and the reduction of 7.0 miles of gravel roadway. IV. Effect on County Revenues: Increase of $647,712 from the City. 1993 Beyond 1994 1995 1995$ $791,648 9A 648 $647,712 $647,712 $1,439,360` :<> .... .:.:$1.,439,360:. Beyond 1993 1994 1995 1995 TOTAL $400,000 $400,000 $1,039,360 $1,039,360 ,.$1;439;360 :$ "A39;360' "* �ity of Rosemount PHONE (612) 423.4411 2875 - 145th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota MAYOR FAX (612) 423.5203 Mailing Address: Edward B. McMenomy P.O. Box 510, Rosemount. Minnesota 55068.0510 COUNCILMEMBERS Sheila Klasw ' James (Red) Staats Harry Willcox June 3, 1992 Dennis Wippermann ADMINISTRATOR Stephan Jilk Cindy Schaedig, County Administration - Dakota County Government Center 1590 Highway 55 Hastings, MN 55033 RE: Dakota County 1993 - 1996 CIP City of Rosemount Dear Ms. Schaedig: The City Council of the City of Rosemount has received and reviewed the Dakota County 1992 - 1996 CIP. With their review completed the City Council passed a motion which reads as follows: "Advise Dakota County that the City of Rosemount supports those projects in the Dakota County 1992 - 1996 CIP except Project 73-08 which is CR 73 reconstruction from CSAR 42 to CSAH 32 and recommends no additions." The City feels that based on the traffic counts on this section of road the reconstruction and expenditure is not warranted. The City would lack capacity to sufficiently fund the reconstruction until additional development occurs on property abutting that section of road. Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the County CIP.. Sincerely, 4te an Ji Ci y Admi strator cc: Ken Harrington, Program Mgr., Capital Facilities Steve Loeding, County Commissioner Ron Wasmund, Dir. of Public Works Lisa Freese, Dir. of Planning P -A-1 (Svery1hings �omtng (UP (Rosemounill July 29, 1992 Mr. Bud Osmundson, City Engineer CITY OF ROSEMOUNT 2875145th Street West Rosemount, MN 55068 RE: AKRON AVENUE (C.R. 73) Dear Mr. Osmundson: City of Inver Grove Heights 8150 Barbara Avenue Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077 Phone: (612) 457-2111 Fax: (612) 457-9878 As I indicated to you last week, the City of Inver Grove Heights will be entertaining a proposal from Koch Industries regarding payment of local costs for the, improvements to Akron Avenue in Inver Grove Heights. At this time, we do not know what that proposal will be. We have reiterated our interest to Dakota County to keep the project in their 5 -Year CIP Plan as is currently proposed. As further information is received, I will keep you informed as to the progress of our discussions. .Sincerely, CITY OFWVER GROVE HEIGHTS 4GaryJohns P.E. Director of Public Works GJ:rj ATTACHMENT 'An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer" Kle KORC H BUZZ ANDERSON MANAGER REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS July 15, 1992 Gary Johnson Department of Public Works City of Inver Grove Heights Government Center Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 Dear Mr. Johnson: I am writing as follow-up to our conversation about paving Akron Avenue from south of Cliff Road in Inver Grove Heights to the city limit of Rosemount. As I had indicated earlier to you, the idea for this paving came from discussions between Koch Refining Company and residents of the Akron Oaks neighborhood. Such a project would be consistent with, and help to implement, Koch Industries' goal of benefiting communities in which its subsidiary companies do business. Given Koch Refining's presence in Dakota County, we believe that the road paving project would benefit the community in which we work and invest. Before determining what our participation level might be, we do need to have you confirm to us in writing that the price for this paving would be $190,000. Please let us have your confirmation of the price on this. Once we have that, we would intend to visit with aper opr .ate parties to help get the project under way as soon as possible. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, KOCH REFINING COMPANY Buzz An ers�on P.O. Box 64596 • Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164 . 612/437-0815 • FAX 612/437-0549 •I .