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<br />2006 Transportation Issues <br />Januaty 4,2006 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />anticipate that through the summer and fall of 2006, there will be a series of meetings <br />regarding this issue. <br /> <br />3. TH 10 Federal Funding Request <br /> <br />The Tinklenberg Group is scheduled to make a presentation earlier in Monday evening's <br />agenda at which time they will update the City Council on the request for $500,000 in <br />Federal funding to further analyze TH 10 through the downtown area. We were <br />unsuccessful in obtaining any funding through the most current appropriation; in fact, <br />very few of these types of projects were funded. The Tinklenberg Group is still <br />optimistic that the funding is achievable at some point in time during the six years of the <br />SAFTEA-LU bill. <br /> <br />4. County Highway 40 Reconstruction <br /> <br />We have received a draft of an agreement from Sherburne County for the inclusion of <br />City improvements in the County Highway 40 Reconstruction Project. City staff is <br />currently reviewing the draft agreement and has raised a couple of questions with <br />Sherburne County. Once we have a full understanding of the agreement, we will present <br />it to the City Council for your consideration. <br /> <br />With regard to the acquisition of land for County Highway 40, I have made contact with <br />all property owners along the County Highway 40 corridor. The individual property <br />owners on the east side of County Highway 40 have all signed their quit claim deeds with <br />the exception of La V onn Nordeen. Ms. Nordeen is the property owner who I discussed <br />with the City Council last month. I have sent Ms. Nordeen a letter regarding our <br />discussion along with the easement document. She has indicated that she has received it <br />and is comfortable with the language. She is checking with her mortgage company prior <br />to signing it. <br /> <br />5. County Road 33/77 Tumback <br /> <br />This is the proposed turnback that was discussed at the joint City Council/County Board <br />meeting. Sherburne County staff has now learned that a public hearing needs to be held <br />prior to the tumback of these two roadways. The public hearing has been scheduled <br />before the City Council on your February 21 st agenda. A County Highway Department <br />representative will be in attendance at that meeting. After the public hearing, the City <br />Council will be asked to consider the resolution accepting these two roads as turnbacks. <br /> <br />6. City /County Quarterly Transportation Meetings <br /> <br />I will be meeting with John Menter, Sherburne County Public Works Director, on Friday <br />to discuss various issues at our monthly meeting. One of the issues we will be working <br />on is potential dates to reinstitute the quarterly City/Council transportation meetings. I <br />will be back to the City Council at a future meeting to firm up a date to reinstitute these <br />meetmgs. <br /> <br />S:\Engineer\2006 cc memos\ Transportation issues.doc <br />