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Howard R, Green Oompany <br /> <br />May 7, 2003 <br />File: 230000-0325 <br /> <br />Mr. Dave Schwarting <br />Sherbume County Engineer <br />Sherburne County Government Center <br />13880 Highway 10 <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />VARIOUS COUNTY ROAD ISSUES <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Schwarting: <br /> <br />Thank you and Rhonda Lewis for taking the time to meet with me on Thursday, May 1, 2003, to <br />discuss various County transportation issues within the City of Elk River. This letter is intended to <br />summarize the items we discussed about the vadous county road projects. <br /> <br />A. County Road 40 (Cleveland Avenue) <br /> <br />· You indicated you have received the correspondence from the City indicating that the City <br /> is not in a position to expend the monies necessary to acquire the right-of-way for this <br /> project. The City feels it would be better to wait for development to occur in the area so <br /> the platting process can be used to obtain right-of-way at no cost to the City. <br />· We agreed that you would attempt to ask Kelvin Howieson, Distdct 3 State Aid Engineer, if <br /> the federal funding earmarked for the County Road 40 construction in fiscal year 2004 <br /> could be postponed into fiscal year 2005. <br />· It is understood that if the project can not be moved or the City is in the same position of <br /> not buying right-of-way in fiscal year 2005 and sufficient development activity has not <br /> provided the right-of-way, the federal funding would be lost. <br /> <br />B. County Road 44 <br /> <br />You indicated that you do not have current staff available to work on the design of this <br />project and have it ready for construction in 2004. Therefore, you were thinking that you <br />may need to hire an outside consultant. I made a suggestion that you consider asking the <br />City to lead the design since the City is going to be interested in coordinating with the <br />abutting/adjacent property owners and also is interested in trying to establish a pedestrian <br />pathway somewhere in the County right-of-way. <br /> <br />This arrangement could potentially be accomplished with the County offering to let the City <br />lead the design and establishing a set fee that the County would be willing to pay for the <br /> <br />Ltr-050703-Schwarting <br /> 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 <br /> <br /> <br />