Agenda Item:               43

 

                            COUNCIL COMMUNICATION

                                      City Manager’s Office

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Agenda Date:               04/11/2005                                                      Communication No.: 05-205   

Agenda Item Type:       Resolution                                                        Roll Call No.:                          

 

Submitted by:               Jeb E. Brewer, P.E., City Engineer

                                    Larry Hulse, Community Development Director

 

 

SUBJECT—

Approving and Authorizing Execution of 28E Agreement with Norwalk and Warren County for Road Improvements. 

 

 

SYNOPSIS—

Approve 28E Agreement between Des Moines, Norwalk and Warren County for the Design and Construction and Joint Financing of Certain Roadway Improvements. 

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT—

Funding for this first phase of the project is available from Warren County Annexation Roadway Improvements, Fund CP038, Organization ENG990000, Project STR215, Activity ID 06-2005-008.

 

 

RECOMMENDATION—

Approval

 

 

BACKGROUND—

The unpaved roadways in recently annexed areas of Warren County have been a discussion item for sometime, as the area around Echo Valley Golf Course develops.  The golf course is partly in the City of Des Moines, but mostly in Norwalk.  The agreement represents a good partnership effort between the cities, the county and the private sector.

 

This project provides for interim maintenance improvements to unpaved roadways in recently annexed areas of Warren County consisting of asphalt stabilization, chip seals and interim (4” HMA) surfacing.  The streets included are:  85^th Avenue (Fleur Drive) from Iowa Highway 5 to Blue Street; Beardsley Street from 80^th to 85^th Avenues; 80^th Avenue from Beardsley Street to 2640 feet north; and Blue Street from 85^th Avenue to Highway R63. 

 

The project will be done over a three-year period.  The first phase will be constructed this summer, consisting of 85^th Avenue from Iowa Highway 5 south to Beardsley Street and Beardsley Street from 80^th to 85^th Avenue.

 

The project is being cost shared between Des Moines, Warren County, the City of Norwalk, and private developers.  The City has received $35,000 of the $40,000 of private contributions to the project.  The remaining payment of $5,000 will be paid prior to construction.  Norwalk and Warren County are contributing $43,000 each.  The City of Des Moines total contribution is $194,000.