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City Council Minutes November 14, 2005 Page 6 County Administrator Bensen stated that there had been bad communication - felt justification in not having had the full kno~vledge in that the Board was not comfortable; \vhen turning a road back it's because it's a lo~v use road; and when the City \\ilshed to build this road into an urban road this became a contradiction to the Board. lvlr. Maurer stated in the future he is confident that the County 'Will communicate better '\Vith the City and inquire VJ-hether there ~v1ll be a change from rural to urban and use their policy to determine who pays for the road. · Sherburne County has let a contract to Bauerly Companies for the reconstruction of County Highway No.1 from County Highway 32 to the north City limits. Parks and Recreation Director 11aertz is ~vorking to include a detached trail in this right- of-way. · Sherburne County is ~vorking on the plans and specifications for the County Highway 33 and 77 improvements. Tills is the area of County Highway 33 that is to be realigned through the gra\Tel mining areas and then continuing along the existing alignment westerly to County Highway No.1. One urnesolved issue is the land acquisition costs for the portion of County High~vay improvements bet\veen d1e railroad trail and County High'\vay No.1. City staff ,vas una"\vare until recently that this portion of County Highway 33 was included in this project. Discussion on the potential for future repayment of the costs of this right-of-'\vay acquisition to be discussed at a quarterly Transportation Committee meeting. County Engineer Rhonda Le\V1.s will continue v:.~th the land acquisition of right-oE-way to keep this project on schedule. The City \\till be working \vi.th the County on the design and both entities "\Villlook at a Joint Powers .A..greement for city improvements in County right-of-way. · Sherburne County has undertaken the project to reclaim and overlay the surface of County Highway 44 from approximately Trunk Highway 10 to County Highvlay No.1. City staff to determine the potential for a city-constructed detached trail ",-ithin or adjacent to the County f:Iighway 44 right-oE-way. :Mr. Maurer stated that the Parks and Recreation Commission would like to see a detached trail on all County roads within the City. · Sherburne County has asked the City to take back portions of existing County Highway 33 and County Highway 77 after the ne\vly constructed road is completed in 2007. The roadways in question ha\Te had their surfaces reclaimed and have been newly overlaid in 2005. The City of Elk River will receive a small increase in lvfunicipal State _f\.id funding by the turnback of these road~vays. The Council agreed to consider the tumback agreement at an upcoming Council meeting. · Sharp curves on County :Highway 33 east ofTH169. Police Chief Beahen distributed photographs taken of vehicles traveling over the line on these curves. The County Engineering staff has a conceptual layout ofho~v County Highway 33 could be realigned in the future to meet up '\\rith County Road 22 in Anoka County reducing the traffic using these roads. Working 'N-ith County staff and '\I-ith Council direction, staff w-ill submit a project request to eliminate these sharp curves. If the County is successful in obtaining Federal funds, the City ",111 still be expected to acquire the necessary right-of-,vay. It was stated that a multi-jurisdiction application for federal funds \vith the number one issue of safet~y carries more weight "\\11th IvInDot. · Easement agreement for access to the Jackson .i\.venue Fire Station - Due to the expansion of the Jackson j\..venue Fire Station to allo"\v for expanded ambulance