IV.5. Resolution of Support to Solicit Outside Funding Including the Local Roadway Improvement Program for the 17th Avenue Improvements Project; GallagherKlingbeil
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2025-161
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Sam Gallagher, Associate Planner & Eric Klingbeil, City Engineer
Date: November 18, 2025
Subject: Resolutions Supporting LRIP Grant Funding Application for the
Reconstruction of 17th Avenue
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Adopt Resolution 2025-161, supporting the pursuit of 2025 Local Road
Improvement Program funding for the 17th Avenue Improvements project.
OVERVIEW
The segment of 17th Avenue between Excelsior Boulevard to Highway 7 is scheduled
to be reconstructed in the near future. The reconstruction of 17th Avenue is included in
the 2025-2029 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for 2027. Plans are tentative and could
move depending on the availability of outside funding.
This segment of 17th Avenue is significant in Hopkins’s multimodal network for several
reasons, including its potential to establish a connection between the Lake Minnetonka
Regional Trail and the cycle track along the new extension of 17th Avenue between
Excelsior Boulevard and the Shady Oak Station. Concepts for incorporating a separated
bikeway into the reconstruction plans for 17th Avenue were developed in 2018 through
a feasibility study funded by Hennepin County Community Works.
City Council previously directed staff to conduct robust community engagement efforts
for the purposes of informing and further developing the preliminary design of the
reconstructed 17th Avenue, and to prepare the City to submit competitive applications
for external sources of funding. The City’s applications for LRIP and Regional
Solicitation funds in 2023 were not successful in receiving competitive funding. Staff
have since conducted additional community engagement to inform the preliminary
design and prepare a new LRIP application for competitive funding. Staff have also
successfully applied for 17th Avenue to be included in the Metropolitan Council’s
Regional Bike Transportation Network (RBTN) to further support pursuits for competitive
funding. The purpose of this item is to request resolutions supporting the preparation
and submittal of funding applications.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
x Bicycle Facility Concept Layouts
x Proposed Resolution 2025-066
Planning & Economic
Development
ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY
In 2023, to further inform the preliminary design and prepare the City to submit
competitive applications for external sources of funding, Council directed staff to
conduct significant community engagement to solicit feedback on three alternatives
recommended by the feasibility study. These efforts included mailings, posters, signage,
sidewalk decals, social media, in-person pop-up events, one-on-one meetings with
property owners, an open house, a community demonstration event, and an interactive
website to collect comments and track responses. In 2023 43% of responses
recommended the cycle track concept, 31% recommended the multi-use trail concept,
4% recommended on-street bike lanes, 8% recommended either the cycle track
concept or multi-use trail concept, and 14% opposed the project. Overall, 87% of
responses indicated support for the addition of bicycle facilities on 17th Avenue.
In 2025, to prepare the City to submit new applications for external sources of funding,
staff conducted additional community engagement to solicit feedback on two
alternatives, the multi-use trail concept and the cycle track concept. These efforts
included posters, in-person pop-up events at the Fire Station Open House, Twin Cities
Bike Ride, and library, and an updated website to collect comments and track
responses. Overall, 58% of responses recommended the multi-use trail concept and
41% recommended the cycle track concept. Feedback also included recommendations
on adding green space, increasing right of way space for all modes including space for
strollers and improving crossings along 17th Avenue especially at the Lake Minnetonka
Regional Trail.
RECOMMENDED CONCEPT
Based on the community input received, an analysis of the scoring criteria for the grant
programs, and consideration of options that would be available if the pursuit of external
funding sources is successful, staff is recommending that funding applications include
the multi-use trail concept. Based on recent community engagement, the multi-use trail
concept aligns with community support and offers flexibility in a couple of key and
beneficial ways. First, the footprint of the multi-use trail concept has potential to be
modified or reduced during final design in ways that could address or mitigate concerns
voiced in 2023 about impacts to adjacent trees, yards, and landscaping. Secondly, if an
application including the multi-use trail is selected for funding, the terms of the grant
agreement would enable the project to be modified to include the cycle track concept
prior to initiating final design. However, if a funding application including the cycle track
concept is selected for funding, the terms of the grant agreement would make it much
more difficult to change from the cycle track concept to the multi-use trail concept.
Given the amount time between now and when the final design process would be
initiated, as well as the design considerations that have yet to be brought to a final level
of detail, staff recommends submitting funding applications that include the multi-use
trail option with the understanding that the potential for a cycle track option will continue
to be evaluated.
PROJECT COSTS AND FUNDING
The current estimated project cost for the multi-use trail concept is $9.73 million, this
includes construction, indirect costs, and contingencies. The scope includes
reconstruction of 17th Avenue, replacement of water main and sanitary sewer systems,
improvements to the storm sewer system, construction of a multi-use trail, street
lighting, landscaping, and all other appurtenances. Staff has developed a funding plan
for the project which involves applying for grants, using State Aid funding, utility funds,
and special assessments. The costs and funding sources are summarized in the tables
below.
Project Cost Table
Category Cost
Street $2,930,000
Bicycle Facility $2,710,000
Utility and Stormwater $2,010,000
Indirect Costs $2,080,000
Total Project Cost $9,730,000
Project Funding Table
Category Proposed Funding
Met Council Regional Solicitation Grant
(application in 2026)
$2,710,000
MnDOT LRIP Grant $1,500,000
City Utility Funds $2,010,000
City of Hopkins MSA $2,750,000
Special Assessments $ 760,000
Total Funding $9,730,000
This funding plan is preliminary and currently assumes the City is successful in securing
all grants for which we are applying. Project staff will continue to work with the Finance
Director as the project progresses as depending on the grant awards, the funding plan
may change. The project team will also continue to seek other sources of outside
funding and partnerships with other agencies that could result in cost reductions for
Hopkins.
FUTURE ACTION
If there is agreement on the approach of applying for external sources of funding, the
next steps would proceed as follows:
x December 2025:
o Prepare and submit Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) application.
x Summer 2026:
o Receive results of LRIP grant application and report back to the City
Council.
x Fall 2026:
o Prepare and submit Regional Solicitation Program application.
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2025-066
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO SOLICIT OUTSIDE FUNDING INCLUDING THE
LOCAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE 17TH AVENUE
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
WHEREAS, the 17th Avenue Improvements project includes the reconstruction of 17th
Avenue through the City of Hopkins between Hennepin County State Aid Highway No. 3
(Excelsior Boulevard) and Minnesota State Trunk Highway 7 (TH 7), and will correct
poor road surface conditions, improve the underlying infrastructure, fill gaps in the
sidewalk network, and install dedicated cycling facilities along the corridor; and;
WHEREAS, the 17th Avenue Improvements project provides opportunity to correct
deficient roadway conditions, make improvements to utilities, improve the multimodal
network, and increase access to the forthcoming Green Line Extension to be located at
17th Avenue and Hennepin County State Aid Highway No. 3; and
WHEREAS, the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) administered by the
Minnesota Department of Transportation makes available up to $1,500,000 to apply
towards projects on local roads that are regionally significant, result in safety
improvements, address transportation deficiencies, and contribute to economic
development; and
WHEREAS, the proposed year for project construction is 2027,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hopkins
hereby supports the reconstruction of 17th Avenue through the City of Hopkins between
Hennepin County State Aid Highway No. 3 and Minnesota State Trunk Highway 7.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Hopkins hereby supports the City’s pursuit of Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP)
funding by authorizing staff to prepare and submit such application.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 18th day of November, 2025.
By:___________________________
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
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