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Item 6.6. City/County Engineering Meeting Tuesday, December 2, 2003 Minutes Prepared by Terry Maurer Attendees Pat Klaers, Elk River City Administrator; Dan Tveite, Elk River Council Member; Terry Maurer, Elk River City Engineer; Brian Bensen, Sherburne County Administrator; Arnie Engstrom, Sherburne County Commissioner; Rachel Leonard, Sherburne County Commissioner; Dave Schwarting, Sherburne County Engineer; Rhonda Lewis, Assistant Sherburne County Engineer. County Road 44 Reconstruction Status Terry Maurer reviewed the past meetings Dave Schwarting and Terry had regarding this issue. Terry also updated the attendees on the history of the project relative to Elk River City Council discussions. Then Dave Schwarting gave a brief introduction on the financial issues involved with the project. The project was identified by Sherburne County to be one of several projects throughout the County proposed to be financed by bonding. There are approximately five to six projects left to complete, with CR 44 being one of them. The County has re-estimated the remaining projects, taking into account the cost of actual projects completed, and are currently estimated to be about three million dollars short to complete all of the work identified for the bonding program. The projected traffic count for the road 20 years in the future is estimated at 9,100+/- vehicles per day. There was discussion about the type of design. It will likely be an urban design with concrete curb and gutter and storm sewer, given the limited right-of-way. There was significant discussion regarding whether or not two lanes is sufficient or additional turn lanes would be needed at all or several of the intersecting streets. There was some discussion regarding Westwood subdivision and the potential to close one or two of the accesses from this area. Other items discussed were the need from the City's perspective for a sidewalk/trail for pedestrian movements along the CR 44 alignment. In addition, potential construction issues relative to the fact that the only access from the Westwood subdivision and the industrial park is CR 44. This would lead to some sort of phase construction. The other topic of discussion was how to accomplish this project assuming that funding would be available to construct it in 2005. The County indicated that they do not have sufficient staff available and would have to use a consultant if the City was unwilling to participate in the design and construction activities. The City indicated that they might be willing to participate in the design of the project, but want to ensure that the project is presented to the public as a County project rather than a City project. There was brief discussion on how this could be accomplished, such as holding informational meetings at the County facility and sending notices on County letterhead. C:\Documents and Settings\tallard. ELKRIVERPD\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKF\County-City Engineer meeting-121003.doc