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Item 84-130 Pedestrian Bridge County Road 3May 29, 1984 To: Mr. Craig, City Manager CIA From: Gordon Anderson Subject: Pedestrian Bridge for County Road #3 & 10th Avenue South The City of St. Louis Park has a pedestrian bridge over Highway 100 at 36th Street South. This bridge has become surplus in its' present location due to pending inter- change construction in that area. It is now available for purchase and the City of St. Louis Park is requesting proposals for the purchase and removal of the bridge. It was constructed in 1974. The bridge is 164 feet long with 20 foot clearance at the curb lines. It is sup- ported on three piers, one at each end and one in the center. Two pilings support each pier; a cast in place cap supports the bridge on the pilings. The center pier is on an 8'9" island separating multi lane traffic. The pier is protected by steel guard rail in both directions. The bridge is set on about a 29° skew. It is about 10 feet wide. Each stairway is supported by two sets of similar pilings and caps. The bridge and the stairs have laminated wood beams and wood plank decking. The stairs are in three flights each of 62' to 7' rise between landings. No wheel chair ramp is included but bicycle tracks are on each flight for wheeling bikes up and down. The proposed location for the bridge, if Hopkins were to purchase it, is on County Road #3 at about 10th Avenue South. At that point, the west bound lane is 49 feet wide with a 20 foot wide, six foot rise, boulevard to the north. The east bound lane is 27 feet wide with a 27 foot slightly lowering boulevard to the south. A six foot wide island separates the two direction traffic. All edges are curbed. The present bridge is about 35 feet too long on one end and 12 feet too long on the other end. The above after the squaring of all ends due to the skew construction of the bridge. The stairs are constructed to fit the skew of the bride but are squared at the connection point. They would have to be reinstalled at a 90 angle to the bridge but the bridge and stairs could be adapted to that installation. The construction of the bridge necessitates a center pier. It would have to be con- structed on the existing 6' center island in County Road #3. The Hennepin County Engineering Department does not favor such an obstruction. To grant permission, protection of the pier by 'jersey barriers' would be necessary in each direction. These would have collision attenuators at each end. The City of St. Louis Park has had an engineering analysis made of the bridge and its' salvage value. This study made in 1981 shows the value of the bridge and stairs to be valued at $46,092 at a relocated and reconstructed site. The above would not take into account the cost of shortening the bridge to fit the proposed site and adapting the ends to fit the stairs at a 90 installation. A bridge of similar usability would be available from local suppliers as a new structure. This bridge, 8 feet wide instead of 10, would be clear span of about 105 + feet with no center support needed. Quoted cost would be about $20,000 delivered but not installed. Installation of the bridge on new piers with stairs constructed at each end is estimated at $20,000. • Pedestrian Bridge Page 2 It appears that the best interest of the City of Hopkins would be served by the pur- chase and construction of a new bridge that would be designed for the site. The purchase and relocation of the St. Louis Park bridge which has depreciated over 10 years of its' expected 30 years and which would have to be remodeled would be second in desirability to the new structure. Bids were as follows: Buffalo Bituminous Allied Blacktop Bituminous Roadways Plehal Blacktop Midwest Asphalt we accept the low Bid of Buffalo Bituminous Co. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Everett E. Beecher Public Works Operations Director City of Hopkins CITY OF HOPKINS 1010 FIRST STREET SOUTH • HOPKINS, MINNESOTA 55343 • 612/935 -8474 BID TABULATION SEALCOAT PROJECT FOR 1984 Five Bids were received and opened at 10:00 A.M. on May 30, 1984. The $37,000.00 $38,385.00 $40,470.00 $40,600.00 $55,965.00 I checked on the qualifications of Buffalo Bituminous, with the City of Richfield and the City of Long Lake, Public Works Departments,where . Buffalo Bituminous has done Sealcoating in prior years. Both City Departments were well satisfied with work done. It is the recommendation of the Public Works Operations Department that DATE: May 31, 1984 TO: City Council FROM: Jim Kerrigan, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Small Cities Development Application, Ion Electronics At the June 5 meeting, a public hearing is scheduled to consider submission of a Small Cities Development application to the Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development (DEED). This action is a result of a meeting we had with the DEED a couple of months ago. At that time they informed us that they had been approached by an Electronic parts manufacturing firm, Ion Electronics, that was interested in establishing an operation in Hopkins. However, we were told that some public assistance financing would be necessary to facilitate the implementation of their operation. Specifically, Ion is proposing to lease a building in the South Hopkins Industrial Complex. The financing plan details $900,000 in capital necessary to cover various start -up costs. These costs involve basically the purchase of equipment and initial operating costs. The source of funds would be as follows: Small Cities $250,000 Bank participation 500,000 Equity 150,000 Basically, if the city received approval of the SC Grant, the proceeds would be loaned to Ion at a below market rate. At the present time we are talking a 5% loan repaid over a 7 -year period. The nice thing about this whole program is that once the money was repaid, the city would be free to reuse the money for any other eligible Community Development activities. At the present time it is anticipated that the application will be submitted in June with a decision made by the State sometime in July.