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<br /> <br />Item # 10.1. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Terry Maurer, City Engineer <br /> <br />DATE: February 20, 2007 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: TH 169 Study Status <br /> <br />The City Council formally entered into an agreement with MnDOT to fund the 1H 169 <br />Study at the November 6,2006 Council meeting. Since that formal adoption, the consultant <br />(SRF Consulting Group) that MnDOT has hired has been gathering background <br />information, including current traffic counts and other appropriate information from City <br />staff. These include items such as our Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Transportation <br />Plan, Gravel Mining EIS, Landfill EIS, NRI Study, major utility crossing information, and <br />other miscellaneous documents. The consultant has just recently completed the information <br />gathering portion of the study and entered into alternative analyses. Scott Clark, Community <br />Development Director, and I met with SRF Consulting Group and MnDOT in late January <br />to discuss how the study will move forward. <br /> <br />It was determined that the study would move forward on two separate tracks: 1) there will <br />be monthly meetings with a working group composed of MnDOT and the SRF Consulting <br />Group, together with representatives of Sherburne County, Livonia Township, Community <br />Development Director Scott Clark, Planning Manager Jeremy Barnhart, and myself. Also, <br />there will begin to be focused area group meetings to discuss issues and receive feedback in <br />the preliminary stages, and then respond to alternative analyses and ultimately, provide final <br />feedback on chosen alternatives. These meetings will be initially coordinated through the <br />Chamber of Commerce, with a focus on groups of businesses along the corridor. There will <br />also be a meeting for the residential properties along the corridor. Also, special interest such <br />as the School District and Guardian Angels will be contacted. At some point in the future, <br />an open house will be scheduled and advertised for the entire community. By that time, <br />alternatives will be advanced from a "stick drawing" concept to more detailed concept. The <br />consultant also plans to post a web site and prepare 2 - 4 newsletters during the process. <br /> <br />One question for the City Council is at what step in this process would the Council like <br />formal involvement. We will certainly keep you apprised of all of the early focus group <br />meetings. If the Council would desire at the completion of these early meetings, we could <br />schedule a worksession to provide feedback on comments and information gathered from <br />the focus group meetings, prior to advancing the alternative analysis to a more detailed level. <br /> <br />s: \EngineerImprovProj\2007 Improvement Projects \02 20 07 cc memo.doc <br />