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Item 6.13. CITY OF ELK RIVER/SHERBURNE COUNTY ENGINEERING MEETING ELK RIVER CITY HALL TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2004 DRAFT Auendees: Ame Engstrom, Sherburne County Commissioner; Rachael Leonard, Sherbume County Commissioner; Brian Bensen, Sherbume County Administrator;, Dave Schwarting, Sherburne County Engineer, Louise Kuester, Elk River City Councilmember, Dan Tveite, Elk River City Councilmember; Pat Klaers, Elk River City Administrator; and Terry Maurer, Elk River City Engineer 1. County Road 40 Tm-Back Discussion Terry Maurer started out by indicating that at the May 11, 2004 meeting, it was agreed upon that the potential turn-back of County Road 40 between CSAH 12 and CSAH 13 would be brought to the Elk River City Council for general discussion. Terry did that the first meeting in June by preparing a memo which generally discussed the pros and cons and the framework for a possible mm-back of County Road 40. After some City Council discussion, the consensus was that the city staff was to continue the discussion with Sherbume County. Terry indicated that Dave Schwarting, County Engineer, and Rhonda Lewis, Assistant County Engineer, continue the discussion at their June 22, 2004 monthly meeting. Terry went on to highlight some of the issues. First was the Federal grant that Sherburne County has acquired for the reconstruction of County Road 40. That grant is in the amount of $71%104 in fiscal year 2006. Terry indicated that the grant amount is capped and cannot go above the stated amount. TenT indicated that he has had discussions with Calvin Howieson, District 3 State Aid Engineer, and has confirmed that the Federal grant can be passed from the County to the City with the mm-back of the roadway. The next item discussed was the necessary land acquisition. Terry showed the layout previously prepared by Sherbume County and indicated there is approximately 21 acres of land acquiskion dealing with 20 separate parcels. Two parcels control a large portion of the total area of land acquisition and are owned by developers on the west side of County Road 40. One is currendy proceeding through the development process. It is likely that the City will be able to acquire the necessary right-of-way from that parcel through the platting process. There was much discussion concerning Sherbume County's policy that cities are responsible for acquiring all right-of-way, while in township areas the County is responsible for land acquisition. Councilmember Kuester questioned why the County did not participate financially in land acquisition in city areas. Dave Schwarting briefly discussed the County's role in transportation relative to the use of public rights-of-way for utilities, pedestrian movements, and other development-driven issues. Dave indicated that because development in cities often times drives the need for County road construction above and beyond the needs for general transportation, the policy was derived to require the cities to acquire the necessary right-of-way. Dave indicated with the development pressures the County is seeing in township areas, there will likely be discussions in the future regarding whether or not townships should be required to pay more for County road projects. Terry indicated that the County received the Federal grant based on an application which anticipated a 44-foot wide rural roadway design. Terry indicated that if the roadway is mined back to the City, the City would likely construct an urban roadway with concrete curb and gutter. Tent indicated because of the local collector nature of the roadway, it would