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. . . Special City Council Work Session Minutes April 24, 1993 Page 3 COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO DIRECT STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER CITY WIDE TAX FEES OR ASSESSMENT OPTIONS AND PROPOSALS TO FINANCE THE SHORT TERM AND ULTIMATE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 4. Review and Discuss Comprehensive Transportation Plan City Engineer, Terry Maurer, indicated that the Transportation Plan is a complex document that includes a lot of statistical information. Terry indicated that the plan is a long range, 40 years or more, transportation plan to meet the ultimate needs of the City. The plan does not discuss specific intersections or work that needs to be done to improve residential streets, but deals with an overall plan and major transportation routes and links. The most important parts of the document include Figure 5, The system deficiencies and the work that needs to done on the system (page 28-30); Figure 6, Proposed minor arterial additions to the network and the narrative describing these additions (Page 31-34); and the narrative on Page 36-41 that discusses the proposed transportation plan recommendations for improvements and how the transportation plan can be implemented. Terry reviewed in detail with the City Council the areas of deficiency on the system (Figure 5) and the Council was in general agreement that these areas are, or will be, deficient in the transportation system if traffic continues to increase in the manner the City has experienced in the past few years. In review of Figure 6, proposed additions, the Council asked that the City Engineer get more site specific with the link identified as C and also that Terry identify whether or not D or E is more reasonable before the document is revised and submitted for Council approval. The Council discussed how the plan would be implemented and how some of the projects would be financed. It was indicated that an official map may need to be approved by the City Council, that the City would have to work with the County in improving roads and maybe exchanging roads, that the City would have to work with developers to ensure that major collectors are located in appropriate locations, and that the City would have to finance some improvements through MSA funds and designate roads as MSA routes. The City Council was in general agreement that the City Engineer is moving in the correct direction in putting together this plan and directed him to work on Road C, D, and E before the plan is submitted for final approval. 5. Discuss and Review Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Proposal City Engineer, Terry Maurer, and WWTS Superintendent, Darrell Mack, discussed with the City Council the design capacity for plant expansion, the capacity needs for including the City of Otsego into the plant expansion, and the project schedule. City Administrator, Pat