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City Council :Minutes September 20, 2004 Page 11 ------_.-----------~--------- MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE TO INSTALL A CUL-DE-SAC AT LINE AVENUE AND TWIN LAKES ROAD. MOTION CARRIED 3-2. Mayor Klinzing and Councilmember Morin opposed. Councilmember Morin expressed concern about sending traffic down Twin Lake Road to a stop sign at County Road 12. He questioned if a stop light could be installed prior to closing Line Avenue. Mr. Maurer stated it could take Sherburne County up to nine months to get a signal installed. He stated the county would need a traffic CQunt and it would also depend on their funding. He stated that most likely the project would not be done trus year and that there are other issues that need to be reviewed before closing Line Avenue. 6.13. Consider Resolution Orderin~ the Feasibili", Study for the 2005 Street Reconstruction Proiect City Engineer Terry Maurer stated that as part of the Pavement Rehabilitation Program,S'" Street, Tipton Street, and Upland Avenue are scheduled for street reconstruction in 2005. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 04-76 FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER ORDERING A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY REPORT IN THE MATTER OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT STREET IMPROVEMENT OF 2005. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 7.1. Parks & Recreation U pda te Parks and Recreation Director Bill Maertz provided an update on park development, park projects, tobacco use policy in parks, and recreational programming. Councilmember Dietz questioned how the tobacco policy would be enforced. Mr. Maertz stated it would be voluntary and there would be signage at the parks. Councilmember Kuester questioned what the status was of the drained wetland in Woodlands Park. Mr. Maertz stated he is working with Steve Rohlf on this issue. He stated that a sanitary grade pipe may be installed, which would fill the wetland to the correct level. 7.2. NCDA Update Mr. Harlicker provided an update of the Northstar Corridor Development meeting held on September 2, 2004. 7.3. YMCA Update City Administrator Pat Klaers provided an update of the Northstar YMCA Community Board meeting held on September 9, 2004. He stated the YMCA cliscussed the school field house proposal and questioned if the city would still be supporting the YMCA programs. Mr. IClaers stated that the YMCA may be looking to select a site by the end of the year.