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. . . City Council Minutes April 11, 2005 Page 2 4. Open Mike Rick Kreuser, 232 Elk Hills Drive, stated that he works for the City of Minneapolis in transportation and had questions regarding Elk Hills. He referred to minutes from February 8 Planning Commission meeting and March 14 City Council meeting and stated that Elk Hills Drive was listed as the number one priority for upcoming transportation projects. He inquired as to how the commissioners came to that decision, what criteria they followed to vote, and how they weighted the score. He also inquired as to the timeline. Mayor Klinzing asked of City Administrator Klaers how the Planning Commission weighted the score and set the criteria. He stated that they had received the same three memos as Council and was unsure how they went about the process. He felt it was more of a discussion and feeling from the group. He stated that Mr. Kreuser could obtain copies of these memos and get more clarification from the Planning Director and City Engineer. It was stated that Council has directed staff to come back with some proposals for east/west roads and it was felt that staff is under the assumption that Council will move forward within 2-3 years. Councilmember Motin stated that he doesn't feel this timeframe goes against the Transportation Plan but speeds the process up. Mr. Kreuser inquired as to how does what MnDot wants to do with School Street, Highway 169, and Elk Hills Drive tie into the plan. He asked if MoDot and the city have to build this project all at once or would the city move forward with Elk Hills Drive without MoDot. The Mayor stated that the Council hasn't gotten to the point of discussing this project at this detail. Mr. Klaers stated that additional information is being put together for the City Council to consider and will come back in June or July. Funding is in question as to whether or not to do an additional Highway 169 MoDot study and a letter was sent to MoDot stating that this study is very important. Having no one else present to address the Council at Open Mike, Mayor Klinzing closed Open Mike. 5. Worksession 5.1. Council Open Forum Councilmember Farber expressed concern of the semaphore by Jackson and School Street southbound, turning into a racetrack. He also expressed concern that at 193rd the traffic is backing up through the service drives on both sides. Mayor Klinzing stated that in a meeting recently she saw the list of road projects for 2006- 2008 for MoDot and there is a very big lack of Sherburne County projects. She stated that $900,000 is listed for a historic area in Wadena. She stated that Sherburne County isn't putting anything in Elk River on the list and she feels that eventually this will cost the city. She would like to work on an agreement with Sherburne County to propose that we take back all the county roads. She feels it is workable and if their intention is not to cooperate with the City of Elk River's street system then the city n'eeds to go forward. She stated that she felt County Road 44 is a mess and nothing is being done. She felt it had been on Sherburne County's list but they transferred the money to do County Road 1. The Mayor asked the other members of Council their thoughts.