5.1.A. SR 02-21-2006
City of Elk River
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Agenda Section Meeting Date
Administration Februa 21,2006
Item Description
Presentation from Tinklenberg Group
A. Resolution Requesting Federal Transportation
Funding for Further Alternative Analysis on
the TH 10 Throu h Downtown Elk River
Item Number
5.1.A.
Prepared by
Lori Johnson, Ci Administrator
Reviewed by
Introduction
The Tinklenberg Group has drafted a resolution requesting $500,000 in federal transportation funding for
design alternatives for trunk highway 10 through Elk River.
Discussion
This is a follow-up to a request for funding that was submitted last year. However, as Mr. Tinklenberg
explained at the January worksession, for various reasons that funding was not approved. This is another
attempt to secure funds. Mr. Elwyn Tinklenberg and his associates will present this resolution at the
federal level on the City's behalf.
Financial Impact
N/A
Attachments
Resolution
Action Requested
Consider approval of the resolution requesting federal transportation funding for further alternative
analysis on TH 10 through downtown Elk River.
Council Action
Motion by _
Second by _
Vote
Follow Up
s: \ Council \Lori \2006 \ Tinklenberg Resolution Memo.doc
RESOLUTION 06 -
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR
FURTHER ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS ON TH 10 THROUGH DOWNTOWN
ELK RIVER
WHEREAS, Transportation improvements are essential to the safety of the motoring
public traveling through and within the City of Elk River, and;
WHEREAS, adequate road capacity assists with the efficient movement of goods and
provision of services along the TH 10 corridor and vital to the region, and;
WHEREAS, planning and project development activities are necessary to addressing
growing demands on existing highways and local streets, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Elk River's historic downtown district is the economic heart of
the community with a reliance on adequate traffic movements and vehicular access, and;
WHEREAS, Current studies such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation's
Interregional Corridor Study (IRC Study) provides a general framework for roadway
capacity, and safety improvements to guide investment decisions, and;
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation's IRC Study reflects the need
for transportation capacity, access, and safety improvements along TH lOin the City of
Elk River, and:
WHEREAS, the City of Elk River is willing to partner with the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to continue the project development process including the development of
additional TH 10 design alternatives and associated local street improvements through the
historic downtown district.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Elk River, Minnesota:
The City of Elk River requests $500,000 of federal transportation funding to further
explore/develop design alternatives for TH 10 through Elk River's downtown district and
will provide adequate matching funds to funding provided by Congress.
Passed and adopted this 21 st day of February, 2006.
ATTEST:
Stephanie A. Klinzing, Mayor
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk
Trunk Highway 10
Historic Downtown
Revitalization Project
Proiect Overview
The City of Elk River's close proximity to the
Twin Cities metropolitan area and location along
a major transportation corridor offers residents a
desirable location to live and work. Rapid
growth along the TRIO corridor however, has
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resulted in the need for transportation
improvements that will impact local businesses,
neighborhoods and the region as a whole. The
future economic vitality of the historic
downtown district in Elk River, which is located
along TRIO, is already experiencing significant
traffic and economic impacts as a result of
increasing growth and congestion along the
corridor.
The THIO Corridor from 8t. Cloud to the Twin
Cities is one of the fastest growing corridors in
the country and considered a primary
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thoroughfare for commuters, freight movements
and recreational travel to central and northern
Minnesota. Over the next twenty years, the
average daily traffic counts on TRIO through
downtown Elk River are expected to double.
The City of Elk River's 2004 Comprehensive
Plan calls for an expansion of the downtown
area through an Old Town zoning district on
both the north and south sides of THlO. The
City, in conjunction with a private developer, is
initiating a $20 million redevelopment project
consisting of three-level, multi-use buildings
within a two block area of the downtown.
As a means to support redevelopment efforts and
address the associated traffic issues and
concerns, the City of Elk River has developed
the Downtown Revitalization Project. The
primary goal of the project is to assure the long-
term viability of the historic downtown by
creating a connection to the rest of the
community, and by utilizing the riverfront
location. Redevelopment of this area will
enhance downtown Elk River's role as a
residential, retail and commercial area , as well
as revitalize its' investment in the downtown
business district.
A public/private sector initiative has been
developed as part of the project which focuses
on the historic context of the downtown by
combining retail and residential mixed-use
developments, improving pedestrian
connections, developing more practical ways to
support the efficient movement of local traffic,
and the enhancing the potential for better access
to transit alternatives for residents of the
community.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's
(MnlDOT) Interregional Corridor Management
Plan identifies a general design alternative for
TRIO through the historic downtown district.
To accommodate safe access and improve traffic
flow, the plan proposes to elevate the highway
approximately 20 feet through the downtown
area. The City's Comprehensive Plan calls for
an expansion of the downtown area through an
Old Town zoning district on both the north and
south sides of TR 10. The elevated roadway
alternative would effectively act as a barrier,
consume potential redevelopment property and
provide an impediment to important growth and
redevelopment opportunities. To that end, the
City is pursuing alternative strategies to address
needed improvements.
Request Summary
The City of Elk River is requesting $500,000 to
complete an alternatives analysis for roadway
and access management improvements on the
segment of TRIO between TR169 to the east,
and Upland Avenue, west of the historic
downtown district. The alternatives analysis
will not only look at options for TRIO through
the core of Elk River, but also the effect on
economic development in the downtown area.
As part the analysis, the City will initiate an
aggressive public involvement process to build
community support for the TRIO project that is
consistent with the City's redevelopment goals.
In addition, the City will study options for
pedestrian movements throughout the historic
district and identify multi modal opportunities in
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the downtown area in conjunction with the
proposed Northstar Corridor commuter rail
servIce.
Next Steps
With a federal transportation program
appropriation, the City will move forward with
the alternatives analysis, coordinating the
process with ongoing redevelopment efforts in
the downtown area. The analysis process will
also include a public involvement component
directed toward building support for a preferred
alternative, as well as the identification of safety
improvements for pedestrians, and multi-modal
opportunities in the downtown area.
The alternatives analysis process will begin as
soon as federal funding is identified and made
available to the City. MnDOT's District 3
fiscally constrained 2030 plan has no funding
allocated for TRIO improvements in Elk River.
The IRC Plan states that by 2025 with no
improvements, TRIO through Elk River will
operate at Level of Service (LOS), which is the
worst congestion on the LOS scale.
Downtown redevelopment activities cannot be
subject to MnDOT's schedule. The preferred
design alternative selected by the city will be
completed in partnership with MnDOT to ensure
compatibility with the IRC Management Plan.
Contact Persons
Terry Maurer, City Engineer
763/635-1051
tmaurer@ci.elk-river.mn.us
Elwyn Tinklenberg, The Tinklenberg Group
763/783-1288
elwyntinklenberg@tinklenberggroup.com
Elk River Historic Downtown
District Study Area
Main Street/TH 10
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RESOLUTION 06 -
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR
FURTHER AL TERNA TIVE ANALYSIS ON TH 10 THROUGH DOWNTOWN
ELK RIVER
WHEREAS, Transportation improvements are essential to the safety of the motoring
public traveling through and within the City of Elk River, and;
WHEREAS, adequate road capacity assists with the efficient movement of goods and
provision of services along the TH 10 corridor and vital to the region, and;
WHEREAS, planning and project development activities are necessary to addressing
growing demands on existing highways and local streets, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Elk River's historic downtown district is the economic heart of
the community with a reliance on adequate traffic movements and vehicular access, and;
WHEREAS, Current studies such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation's
Interregional Corridor Study (IRC Study) provides a general framework for roadway
capacity, and safety improvements to guide investment decisions, and;
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation's IRC Study reflects the need
for transportation capacity, access, and safety improvements along TH lOin the City of
Elk River, and:
WHEREAS, the City of Elk River is willing to partner with the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to continue the project development process including the development of
additional TH 10 design alternatives and associated local street improvements through the
historic downtown district.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Elk River, Minnesota:
The City of Elk River requests $500,000 offederal transportation funding to further
explore/develop design alternatives for TH 10 through Elk River's downtown district and
will provide adequate matching funds to funding provided by Congress.
Passed and adopted this 21 st day of February, 2006.
ATTEST:
Stephanie A. Klinzing, Mayor
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk
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The Tinklenberg Group
The intercbange of strategies and solutions
City of Elk River
Consulting Services Agreement
Amendment Number 1
March 1, 2006
Introduction
The City of Elk River has determined that additional effort is warranted to secure
federal support for the study of traffic management alternatives along TH 10
through the community, including its intersection with TH169, TH101 and Wright
County Road 42.
Work necessary to accomplish this goal has been identified in the 2005
Consulting Services Proposal submitted to the City by The Tinklenberg Group.
This amendment maintains those tasks through the balance of 2006 with
particular emphasis on tasks associated with project funding strategies and
activities.
This amendment will be in effect through December 31, 2006.
The cost of this amendment is $36,000 and will be billed monthly according to
the terms of the original agreement between The Tinklenberg Group and the
City. .
Agreed and Approved By:
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
City of Elk River
Elwyn Tinklenberg, President
The Tinklenberg Group
Date
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Minnesota Department of Transportation
District 3
7694 Industrial Park Road
Baxter, MN 56425-8096
Tel: 218/828-2460
Fax: 218/828-2210
Toll Free: 1/800/657-3971
February 15, 2006
Lori Johnson, City Administrator
City of Elk River
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
Dear Ms. Johnson:
Thank you for your request for a letter of support regarding your application for
federal transportation program funding for the Highway (Hwy) 10 Downtown Elk
River design alternatives analysis. We are aware that the City's comprehensive
plan calls for an expansion of the downtown area through an Old Town zoning
district on both the north and south sides of Hwy 10. To facilitate the safe flow of
traffic, Mn/DOT's Interregional Corridor (IRC) management plan proposed to elevate
the highway approximately 20 feet through the downtown area. The IRe
management plan was endorsed by the Elk River City Council with the caveat that
design alternatives need to be explored in more detail. We agree that appropriate
alternatives for vehicular and pedestrian movements need to be sensitive to, and
compatible with, proposed redevelopment in the historic downtown district.
Mn/DOT is pleased to support your application for design alternatives analysis that
will compliment IRC Plan elements for the Hwy 10 corridor. Mn/DOT's support does
not require Mn/DOT to obtain or provide the matching funds to successful funding
applications. Improved traffic flow and safety enhancements benefit the motoring
public, citizens, and businesses in Elk River and along this important transportation
corridor. We look forward to participating in the design alternatives analysis process
when the City secures funding. .
!.
Bob Busch
District 3 Transportation Engineer
cc: Brad Larson, Federal Relations Manager, Mn/DOT Government Relations
Jim Povich, ADE, Mn/DOT District 3
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In the face of a $300 million shortfall for metro projects, some
critics argue for a permanent way to fund construction.
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One thing came up short while
the state was delivering on Gov.
Tim Pawlenty's 2003 promises
to speed up road projects:
money.
After underestimating the cost~.
of highway building and
overestimating federal funding,
the Minnesota Department of
Transportation this year found
itself $300 million short of what
it needed to complete the next
three year,s of metro road
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To keep the Crosstown Hwy. 62-Interstate Hwy. 35W reconstruction
on schedule to start this spring, the agency has poached $50 million
intended by Congress for local road, bike, transit and walking
projects in the metro area. And it has gobbled the entire $100
million increase in federal highway money to pay for cost overruns
of metro area projects, leaving none for outstate roads.
Now as the governor goes to bat for an ambitious plan to borrow
$2.5 billion for roads over the next 10 years, transportation
advocates and DFLers say MnDOT's budget hole shows the folly of
relying on borrowed money and Congress for the state's pressing
transportation needs.
"It's now clear that Pawlenty oversold what he could do because
federal funds he counted on didn't come through," said Margaret
Donahoe, legislative director for the Minnesota Transportation
d ~.f L-I ~
Alliance.
The group says an increase in the gas tax would provide more
reliable road funding.
Sen. Steve Murphy, DFL-Red Wing and chairman of the Senate
Transportation Committee, said the budget deficit is a symptom of a
risky transportation plan. "They were betting on the come, and they
lost and now they are scrambling around robbing Peter to pay Paul. "
In the governor's defense, Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville,
chairwoman of the House Transportation Finance Committee, said
"any time we accelerate projects and get them done it's a good
thing." Making road improvements sooner rather than later gives
commuters more time to spend with their families and avoids higher
future construction prices, Holberg said.
In the metro area, MnDOT's budget pothole has local officials
shaking their heads at the lack of road funding. Cities and counties
are just as strapped for money as MnDOT is, said Dakota County
Commissioner Paul Krause, who is a member of the Transportation
Advisory Board (TAB) that loaned MnDOT the $50 million. "We
need permanent transportation financing," said Krause.
MnDOT's use of the $50 million means five local projects designed
to ease freeway congestion lost their funding. Among those delayed
are the extensions of County Road 5 alongside 1-35W in Bumsville
and Lake Drive in Lino Lakes; widening of Hwy. 149 in Eagan; and
upgrading Pierce Butler Route between St. Paul and Minneapolis to
make it an alternative to crowded Interstate Hwy. 94. MnDOT
promised to pay back by 2012 the $50 million that would have gone
to these and other projects.
Bob McFarlin, assistant to the transportation commissioner, said in a
letter to legislators that the governor is delivering on his promise to
speed up road construction, unlike other states that have stopped
projects due to the delay in federal funds. "Minnesota has done an
excellent job managing through this crisis and keeping the highway
improvement program largely on schedule," he said.
But legislators of both parties are concerned about the cost overruns.
"I don't think you ever want to have a shortfall whether it's your
personal budget or MnDOT's budget ..." Holberg said. "We rely on
professional staff to be more realistic about what the money will buy
us."
Fast-track projects
Promising that "relief is on the way," Pawlenty in 2003 initiated an
$800 million bond program that used $400 million in state highway
bonds to attract $425 million in federal funding. He promised to start
19 projects years ahead of schedule.
MnDOT geared up to get the accelerated projects out for bids. Soon
the projects were ready to start, but the money to pay for them was
not.
The Pawlenty plan counted on federal funds from a new
congressional transportation bill.
In November 2004, the state's transportation commissioner, Lt. Gov.
Carol Momau, warned: " The planning and construction of highway
projects has become increasingly difficult given the absence of new
federal funds and the unpredictability of future federal funding
levels. "
Under short-term extensions, prior to passage of a new bill,
Minnesota received $70 million less than MnDOT projected in 2004
and about $80 million less than projected in 2005.
At the same time, project costs were escalating due to cost increases
for fuel, steel and concrete.
As a result, Momau delayed start of work on the Interstate Hwys.
694/35E interchange in Little Canada by a year, and ultimately
postponed the new interchange at Hwy. 169 and Interstate Hwy. 494
in Edina indefinitely.
In August 2005, 22 months after MnDOT expected it, the big federal
transportation bill became law, amounting to a 46 percent increase
over the previous bill.
Exactly what that meant was not clear until January when MnDOT
announced it would receive $20 million per year less than it
anticipated from the federal government through 2008, and the
entire increase would go to cost overruns on metro projects.
"We decided long ago that it is better to keep the projects that we
had planned on board and moving forward rather than cut a bunch of
metro projects and start other projects elsewhere," said Abigail
McKenzie, director of MnDOT's Office of Investment Management.
Outstate legislators were frustrated. "I've never seen highway
projects take the political tenor that they've taken in the last three
years," said Rep. AI Juhnke, DFL- Willmar. "MnDOT says, 'Well,
guess what, folks, we are short of money... Don't worry, rural
Minnesota, you'll never miss it'."
Better cost estimates
The Federal Highway Administration has encouraged MnDOT to do
a better job of estimating and controlling project costs. "If something
starts to increase, whether cost or schedule on a highway project, we
need to be prepared to explain why," said Tom Sorel, the Minnesota
division administrator for the federal agency.
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MnDOT is taking steps to improve its project estimates and better
control costs but not all costs are within the department's control,
said Tim Henkel, MnDOT director of program management.
"The reality is that as you move towards construction, you are racing
to a finish line and trying to get final resolution with the
communities," Henkel said. "The end product is sometimes a cost
increase, but there has to be a certain amount of flexibility provided
so we do the right things and we fix the right things during
construction and we get sound projects. "
Laurie Blake · 612-673-1711
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST BY THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
FOR FURTHER ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS ON TH 10 THROUGH DOWNTOWN ELK RIVER
WHEREAS, the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes improved transportation a key to
economic stimulation and business growth for Elk River and central Minnesota, and;
WHEREAS, significant concerns have been raised regarding the TH 10 Corridor Management Plan for the
Central Business District relating to its functionality, access and negative impact on local businesses, and;
WHEREAS, transportation improvements are essential to the safety of the motoring public traveling through
and within the City of Elk River, and;
WHEREAS, planning and project development activities are necessary to addressing growing demands on
existing highways and local streets, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Elk River's historic downtown district is the economic heart of the community with a
reliance on adequate traffic movements and vehicular access, and;
WHEREAS, current studies such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Interregional Corridor
Study (IRC Study) provides a general framework for roadway capacity, and safety improvements to guide investment
decisions, and;
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation's IRC Study reflects the need for transportation
capacity, access, and safety improvements along TH 10 in the City of Elk River, and;
WHEREAS, the continued growth of the area is leading to increased travel demand, which, if unmanaged
or left unresolved, will be detrimental to the vital role that local businesses provide to the economy, and can
negatively affect the level of performance, safety, and congestion experienced by the users of the transportation
corridor.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes and
supports the City of Elk River's willingness to partner with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to continue the
project development process including the development of additional TH 10 design alternatives and associated local
street improvements through the historic downtown district.
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce supports the City of Elk
River's request for $500,000 of federal transportation funding to further explore/develop design alternatives for TH 10
through Elk River's downtown district.
Adopted unanimously by the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on February 21, 2006.
Jeffrey A. Gongoll, President
Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce