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City of Elk River/$herbuate County Transportation Meeting J~ty zb, zoos Page 3 email from Mayor Klinzing to Michele McPherson, Director of Planning, regarding this issue. Terry asked Rhonda and Dick to pull out any information from their files that they would have, supporting their position and also asked them to provide any background information that would support their feeling that the County has a right to ask for such improvements to the County road system for developments that have no frontage on the County road. Terry indicated that this will be an issue when this plat is considered by the City Council on August 15, 2005. Dick indicated that he would pull out the information in the next week or so and provide it to Terry for inclusion in the City Council packet when this issue is presented. 7. Cotmty Road 33/77 Realignment Rhonda indicated that she had received Terry's letter of July 11, 2005 regarding the County Road 33/77 Federal project that the County is planning to undertake in the next year or so. The issue that the letter addressed was land acquisition for this improvement along County Road 33 west of the Great Northern Trad. Terry's letter indicated that he did not feel that this portion of the project was federally funded in the 2006 STIP and for this reason and the fact that the City had just been notified of this issue, the City would not be funding any land acquisition for the Cotmty reconstruction project. Rhonda indicated to Terry that she had spoken with Steve Voss of MnDOT after receiving the letter and had received assurance from him that the description of the project limits in the STIP was incon-ect and that the County could spend Federal funds on the entire length of the project. Terry indicated that because of the late notice, they had not planned for nor budgeted any funds to pay for right- of-way acquisition. Rhonda indicated that she was still planning to go forward with land acquisition and asked whether or not the City would be willing to pay for the land acquisition at some future date after having an opportunity to budget for the amount. Terry suggested that this item should be put on the next meeting of the Transportation Committee including the elected officials. Terry did ask Rhonda when she thought the roadways would be back open to the public. Rhonda indicated that it would be some time in 2007. 8. Next Meeting Terry and Rhonda discussed what would be an appropriate day and time to change the quarterly meeting to with the elected officials, so that Brian Bensen, County Adrnuiistrator, can attend. Brian has a standing meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month which causes difficulty in getting to the quarterly meetings. It was concluded that both Rhonda and Terry would check with their respective elected officials to detemuue whether or not the fourth Monday at 3:30 p.m. would work for the parties. If so, the next meeting with elected officials would be Monday, August 22, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. at Elk River City Hall. Submitted by, Terry J. Maurer, PE City Engineer