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with the Association, staff will be having more discussions between the time of the writing of this report and the Council meeting so additional information may be forthcoming. Financial Impact None Attachments . MetroPlains approved (2005) construction and traffic flow plan . Proposed Main Street Re-Route Plan Option 1 ) . Proposed Main Street Re-Route Plan (Option 2 ) . Downtown Traffic Flow after Re-Route . Draft Signage and Detour Plan . Letters from VanMan and MetroPlains . Downtown Business Marketing Plan . Original City Council discussion memo and minutes July 18, 2005 Action Requested Staff evaluated and proposes these options based on two priority issues 1) public safety -vehicle, pedestrian, and construction site and 2) keeping downtown open for business. The following are options for this proposal: Option 1: The first option assumes that the request to re-route Main Street is approved by the Council but that the 30ft. staging area into Jackson (per the July 18, 2005 action plan) is not given until through traffic resumes on Main Street. The ability of MetroPlains to actually construct work under this scenario is questionable. 1. The Bank of Elk River's contractor is requesting the temporary re-route of Main Street from Jackson Avenue to Parrish Ave. for three months (May, June July). 2. Keep Jackson open as a two-way for this period of time. This will require the Jackson Square project to have a fence along Jackson Ave to be along the curb. Once through traffic resumes on Main Street they then would go back to the originally agreed upon position of having a fence 30 ft. into the street and having Jackson revert to a one-way south. This scenario is problematic since MetroPlains has all of the necessary permits to proceed. Equally important, the Jackson Place site is small and it appears that the 30 ft. staging is critical to the construction. 3. Staffs target date for street re-route is May 8th in order for signage to be put into place and have the motoring public understand the upcoming changes. 4. A street disruption permit will be required to insure who will replace the street (the street will be effectively removed as part of utility connection work) and to require that when the through traffic resumes on Main Street, a hard surface lift will be constructed. 5. Permanendy eliminate intersection parking that is the northerly extension of the Rivers Edge Common Park as part of the temporary Main Street re-route. S:\Community Development\Scott Clark\Request Council Action Temporary Re-Route Main Street.doc