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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 12-30 Joint projects proposed for two border streets THE REVIEW Joint protects proposed for two border streets O,e i so,/9,57/ By SUANNE PIEPER Holloway Avenue,the study will cover the comodate storm water runoff from an Staff Writer area between North St.Paul Road and improved Sterling Avenue storm system. Highway 120,although it is not yet certain North St. Paul councilmen were The North St.Paul City Council Dec.21 if improvements will be proposed for the assured that contributing to the study decided to contribute up to$9,500 in,a joint whole length of the avenue. but would does not commit them to participating in study project with Maplewood to explore have to share costs equally. the Sterling Street Avenue project.The the feasibility of improving Sterling Councilman Curtis Johnson said that he study will give the councils of Maplewood Street and Holloway Avenues, knew Sterling Street was in bad shape, and North St.Paul a better idea of the North St. Paul was already been but questioned spending the money on the costs involved and wether such a project working with Maplewood and Ramsey feasibility study if no money would be would be feasible in light of the present County on a joint project to bring available for the project.He and other economic climate. Holloway Avenue up to state aid stan- council members were particularly The council approved a resolution dards.At the Dec.21 meeting,the city concerned that North St. Paul and authorizing money to be spent on further council acknowledged Maplewood's Maplewood would not generate the same study plus defraying part of Maplewood's desire to combine the Holloway project amount of funds through their cost of its Sterling Street report and soil with an improvement project of Sterling assessments of Sterling Street property borings taken for that study. Street to facilitate a needed storm sewer owners. Kotilinek said Ramsey County had not system that would drain to Holloway KOTILINEK POINTED out that 99 budgeted any money for participation in Avenue. percent of the study would focus on the the feasibility study,but was providing North St. Paul City Engineer Dave Holloway Avenue project since information and data for the report,and Kotilinek told the council that the two Maplewood has already studied the will be sharing the actual construction projects would fit in with one another, Sterling Street project. When Holloway costs on Holloway Avenue. although they would be handled Avenue is improved,the state will pay separately since one will be partially part of the study cost for Holloway He also said Maplewood has approved funded with state aid funds,while the cost Avenue work. the study contingent on North St.Paul's of the other would have to be fully funded North St.Paul City Manager Bob Gatti acceptance, and was prepared to by assessing benefited property owners, noted that Holloway Avenue im- designate Holloway Avenue a state aid Kotilinek noted that Sterling Street was provement funds were allocated by the street at its Jan.7 meeting.The state aid in bad shape and doing the project at the state and county some two years ago. designation is needed from both border same time as Holloway Avenue would be Kotilinek said that if the Holloway- communities before state funding can be an"opportunity to get Sterling done." Avenue project isn't undertaken soon, given out for Holloway Avenue im- He said Maplewood inquired about a county funding of the project maybe lost. provements. joint project on Sterling Street vthis past He advised the council that it would be Maplewood Public Works Director Ken summer when North St. Paul received taking a"reasonable risk"to share in the Haider said he expects the feasibility Maplewood's cooperation on North St. cost of studying the Sterling Street im- study to be completed this winter, Paul's Beam Avenue improvement provement as well enabling the city councils to determine project. He noted that if Sterling Street is im- .the exact scope and financing of the The improvements on Sterling Street proved after the Holloway Avenue project this spring.The work itself should are proposed for the blocks between project,more work would likely have to be completed during the upcoming Ripley and Holloway Avenues. On be done along Holloway Avenue to ac- summer,he said.