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June 15, 2000 <br />File: 800110J-0081 <br /> <br />Mr. Brian Benson <br />County Administrator <br />Sherburne County Government Center <br />3880 Highway 10 <br />Elk River, Minnesota 55330 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />CSAH 12--COUNTY COST PARTICIPATION POLICY <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Benson: <br /> <br />The Elk River City Council adopted a resolution at last Monday's City Council meeting <br />approving the plans for the upgrade of CSAH 12 from the intersection of CSAH 13 to the east <br />county line. We approved this resolution with the understanding that the city cost for this project <br />would be approximately $200,000 in construction costs plus an additional $50,000 in overhead <br />costs. We did this because we feel that this is a good and needed project for the City of Elk <br />River and Sherburne County. <br /> <br />We, however, do not want our approval of these plans to imply in any way that the City Council <br />of Elk River agrees with the current Sherburne County cost participation policy. We voiced our <br />concern in great detail at the time that the County Board was considering adoption of the policy. <br />We feel we must again state our concerns that the county cost participation policy does not <br />recognize that portions of the county are urban in nature. The policy basically puts the burden <br />for the cost of the urban portion of the street projects, such as curb and gutter, medians, and <br />street lighting, on the local unit of government. We must again strongly state that we believe, as <br />the county urbanizes, there will be more and more pressure for county road projects--rebuilding <br />rural roads to an urban standard--and the county cost participation policy should reflect this by <br />sharing in those costs with the local unit of government. <br /> <br />We would sincerely appreciate an opportunity to discuss this issue in detail with you or the <br />county board. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Stephanie A. Klinzing <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Cc: Arnie Ingstrom; Terry Nagorski; Ray Friedl; Betsy Wergin; Mike Johnson, County <br /> Commisioners; Dave Schwarting, County Engineer <br /> <br />Ltr--061500-Benson.doc <br /> <br /> <br />