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Sherburne County/City of Elk River Engineering Meeting October 26, 2004 Page 2 indicated also that the City would agree to take the lead on land acquisition, prepatation of plans and specifications, and construction of the improvements. Terry has already discussed with the MnDOT State Aid Engineer and has gotten assurance that the Federal Grant can be passed to the City, and that the City would take the lead in the Federal paperwork and administration of the Grant. The only the role the County would play is paying their shate in accordance with the tumback agreement. There was continued discussion about various issues revolving atound the turnback of County Road 40. In the end, both the City and the County consensus was that the tumback should rnove forward. The County indicated that they had a County Boatd workshop scheduled within the next weeks where this issue could be discussed. The City indicated that they had a transportation workshop tentatively scheduled for Monday, November 22nd at which time this item would be placed on the agenda. 2. County Road 44 Councilmember Tveite had asked that the speed limit on the portion of County Road 44 north of the railroad tracks be an item for discussion. It is currendy signed for 45 miles an hour, but given the condition of the road, it would be very difficult and probably unsafe to travel at that speed. The road is relatively natrow and the condition of the surface is relatively rough, making travel at that speed potentially unsafe. There was discussion about how speed limits ate set in the State of Minnesota by MnDOT, and that a speed study request could take six months to twelve months to complete. Councilmember Tveite asked Dave Schwatting if some type of advisory road sign such as rough road with an advisory speed could be installed on the road. Dave indicated that he would have his public works install such a sign going both directions on County Road 44 north of the railroad tracks. There was some discussion relative to the status of the planned County upgrade of County Road 44. Brian Bensen informed the group that the County Boatd had followed his recommendation in not bonding for future road improvements. However, this did not mean that County Road 44 would not be upgraded. The County indicated that the County Road 44 was project was still a high priority in their Capital Improvements Program. It was generally agreed that County Road 44 would be discussed in greater detail, including potential turnback to the City, at an upcoming meeting of this group. Councilmember Kuester brought up the condition of County Road 33 between Proctor Avenue and CSAH 1, indicating that it is very similat to the County Road 44 issue currently being discussed. Dave Schwarting indicated that the County Boatd had agreed to extend the planned County Road 33 realignment project to go all the way to County Road 1 and rebuild the portion of the existing alignment that is planned to remain intact. It was indicated that this project would not occur until approximately 2007. 3. City Resolutions Regarding: CSAH System Dave Schwarting indicated in a follow-up to an item talked about at a previous meeting, that he had appeated before the County State Aid Screening Committee in his attempt to get more County State Aid mileage on the Sherburne County System. He indicate that he had been successful in getting approximately 26 miles of additional CSAH designation. He explained to the group that to place a CSAH designation on a route or revoke a CSAH designation on an existing route within the corporate limits of the City required a resolution from the City Council concurring with that action. Dave indicated that he would be asking the City Council to agree with the designation of County Road 33 and County Road 30 on the Sherburne County State Aid System, while revoking the County State Aid designation on