Capital Improvement Plan—2010

2010 CIP Budget

Project Title $ Description
City Hall  $130,000 Boiler replacement
Cable TV - City Hall Council Chambers $20,000 Lighting replacement
Hopkins Arts Center $16,000 Carpet replacement in various rooms and lobby hallway
Shady Oak Beach $330,000 Replace Shady Oak Beach water play area with a community play area 
Residential Street Improvements $494,000 Parkridge Neighborhood Phase—2 reconstruction
Citywide Concrete Alleys $44,000 Lake St NE alley—south side from Murphy to Texas Ave
Municipal State Aid Road Improvements $1,330,000 Reconstruction of 5th St S from 11th Ave to Corporate Limits
Water Department  $95,000 Meter replacement
Water System Maintenance $227,000 Upgrades done in conjunction with residential street improvements
Sanitary Sewer System Maintenance $150,000 Upgrades done in conjunction with residential street improvements
Sanitary Sewer System $220,000 Upgrade Lift Station #1
Sanitary Sewer System $160,000 Rehabilitation of Lift Station #4
Storm Drainage System Maintenance $70,000 Upgrades done in conjunction with residential street improvements
Storm Drainage System Maintenance $27,000 Concrete alley repairs
Total $3,313,000  

2010 Projects

The projects described below are planned for 2010. The complete Capital Improvement Plan is five years.

Building Improvements

Scheduled for 2010 are improvements to the City Hall boilers which are 45 years old.  Plans call for the replacement of existing boilers with smaller more fuel efficient units significantly reducing energy costs.  Estimated cost is $130,000.

City Hall Council Chamber Lighting The current incandescent lighting has been in place for many years with small modifications made during that time. Lighting technologies have changed with the push for more energy efficient devices leading the way. The broadcast cameras require a specific light temperature for optimum picture quality. In order to achieve this light temperature, very bright and hot lights were once required. Dimming the lights to an acceptable user comfort level produces light temperature changes and the camera system does not produce images to its full capacity, resulting in compromised images on television. With fluorescent lighting, a softer light is made with much less energy, heat and glare. The result is the correct lighting color temperature for the cameras with a much softer, user-friendly light source for the council, all while using less energy, and less heat is generated, further saving HVAC costs in the summer. This project is budget at $20,000.

The Hopkins Center for the Arts is continuing scheduled replacement of the carpeting that was installed when the facility was built.  Carpeting in the Community Room, Green Room, West Main Floor Lobby, Conference Room and Dance Studio Dressing Rooms that is 13 years old and showing visible signs of wear will be replaced.  Cost of carpet replacement for these rooms is $16,000.

Parks

Scheduled for 2010 is replacement of the Shady Oak Beach water play area with a community play area designed to be a destination attraction for residents of Minnetonka and Hopkins. The existing water play equipment at the site was installed when the beach was renovated in 1998 to encourage use of the site when weather conditions were not conducive to swimming. The system is in need of replacement due to health and safety requirements, as well as aging equipment.  Staff is recommending that the water play area be replaced with a community playground area designed to be a destination attraction for families with children 12 years of age and under. Use of this equipment on a seasonal basis would extend beyond the beach operating season and be available for use during the spring and fall months as well. The project is expected to cost $330,000 and will be cost shared on a one-third/two-thirds basis with the City of Minnetonka. Hopkins share is estimated at $110,000.

Street & Pavement Management

A funding and implementation plan for repair and maintenance of Hopkins roadways exists. Needs are identified and funded through State Aids, special assessments, utilities, tax increments and annual levies.  This program identifies the most opportune time to repair streets. In 2010 the City anticipates spending approximately $1,879,000 on street improvements. In addition to the City’s share of costs, other government agencies will contribute approximately $323,000 towards street improvements in Hopkins and special assessments estimated at $979,000. A proactive pavement management and infrastructure improvement program aids in keeping Public Works maintenance costs to a reasonable level and, as a result of the City’s program, maintenance costs have remained relatively stable over the last five years.

Streets scheduled for reconstruction are the Parkridge neighborhood streets—Phase 2, reconstruction of 5th Street S to the corporate limits, and construction of concrete alley on the south side of Lake Street from Murphy to Texas Avenue.

Utilities

Along with the street improvements described above, $447,000 in water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer maintenance work will be done while those streets are being repaired.  In addition, to ensure reliable and safe water supply, we will begin a five-year replacement of water meters at an annual cost of $95,000 and, as identified in the 2007 Utility Master Plan, Lift Station #4 was identified for rehabilitation at an estimated cost of $160,000, and Lift Station #1, which is a confined space lift station installed in 1957, will be replaced with a submersible lift station and rerouting of the discharge line. A second option for Lift Station #1 is to eliminate this lift station and install a new gravity sanitary sewer pipe to the Minnetonka trunk sewer pipe in Shady Oak Road. Estimated cost for Lift Station #1 is $220,000. Finally, to maintain adequate storm water drainage, concrete alley repairs will be performed at a cost of $16,000.

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