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. . . City Council Minutes May 8, 2006 Page 3 Mayor Klinzing indicated that she had been asked if building a tree house required a building permit. Mr. Clark stated no unless it was over a certain load bearing size. He will put together a letter with explanation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Councilmember Farber stated there have been incidents of graffiti on non-city utility buildings that have not been cleaned by the owner. The Council concurred that a policy is needed to enforce owners to remove graffiti from their property. 5.2. Transportation Update and Intersection Issues At the request ofCouncilmember Farber, City Engineer Terry Maurer gave an update regarding Proctor Avenue and Highway 10 stating that the county is discussing an improvement plan to their program; consideration is being given to overlays and re- stripping. Mr. Maurer discussed the Jackson Avenue/School Street signalization and intersection geometric issue. He stated this project was on the back burner due to the Jackson Villa townhouse project on the west side of J ackson Avenue. Staff had concerns with the potential of the trucking activity causing a negative impact on the re-striping of Jackson Avenue. Staff is proposing to do a brief intersection analysis, counting vehicles on the entering legs and turning movements. From this, recommendations will be made relative to signal improvements. The other geometrics would be the re-striping of J ackson Avenue south of School Street to a three-lane configuration; one lane in each direction and a center left-turn lane. This would eliminate anyon-street parking on the east side of the roadway. It was the consensus of Council for staff to proceed to get the intersection analysis done and prepare a preliminary layout for geometric changes through striping on Jackson Avenue. Councilmember Farber left the meeting. Mr. Maurer asked Council to think about how they wish staff to proceed in notifying the property owners on the east side of Jackson Avenue relative to the elimination of on-street parking. Mr. Maurer stated that he and City Administrator Johnson had met with a representative from :MNDOT regarding Trunk Highway 169 Study. The individual appeared negative to the issues the City has, the need to fund this project over time, and that the City be given credit. The individual will talk to his superiors and look into the possibility of State Aid. Mr. Maurer stated that it won't be known until later if an Environmental Impact Study will be needed. He stated it is necessary to have input into the cost evaluation process with the county. He stated staff will not contact the county administrator to discuss county participation until there is an agreement with Mn/DOT. Councilmember Dietz inquired of the School Board's payment of the School Street/High School parking lot signalization. He stated that Council never agreed that payments should be over a five year period and that he feels it should be two payments. He stressed that this is really benefiting the School District and that they should not be using our money for that long period of time.