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City Council Minutes July 9, 2007 Page 2 5.1. YMCA Concept by BWBR Bill Maertz introduced Greg Fenton and Craig Peterson from BWBR. Mr. Fenton began by stating that the project remains on schedule. They will break ground in early fall of 2007 with completion around Labor Day, 2008. Mr. Fenton expressed appreciation to the city staff that has participated in this project; this has made everything go very smoothly. . Mr. Fenton walked the mayor and councilmembers through the YMCA site plan with a series of slides, explaining the concept of the project. He highlighted how this location allows for great storm water management as they will use a rain garden to offset the need for a storm water retention swale on the site. Mr. Peterson explained the three-part theme to this project. The desire was to have a campus feel to the facility, similar to the municipal buildings and library. The color and texture of the building blends with the current buildings on the campus and allows for a transparent feel to the building. Mayor Klinzing complimented the design. Councilmember Zerwas complimented the three concepts in the YMCA's theme for the building, and especially liked the idea of a walking path, allowing for a connection to the lake and municipal buildings. He also appreciated the amount of trees and landscaping, and stated he wished to avoid a stark building in a middle of a field without trees. Mr. Fenton stated they tried to focus on gaining the right value of landscaping to the area. . Mayor Klinzing thanked them for their presentation. 5.2. Discussion on Recommended Alternatives for TH169 Terry Maurer, City Engineer, introduced Dave Montebello and John Hagen from SRF Consulting Group, and Craig Robinson, Mn/DOT Project Manager District 3, who were present to discuss the preliminary estimate of construction impacts to adjacent property at Highway 169 and Main Street. Dave Montebello of the SRFConsulting Group stated they were there to answer questions but would like to give a short presentation which included handouts. Mr. Montebello reviewed the Main Street concepts, explained the two alternatives, and stated he would answer questions about the operations and the differences between the two alternatives. The first alternative is called the folded diamond (BC2). The handout indicated the areas that would be affected by this concept, which shows the full access intersections and the ramp terminals which will connect back to a frontage road and would preserve the Great River Energy site. This concept also provides full access to Line Avenue and serves this northeast quadrant better than the other alternative. It does impact existing developments, which the map indicates as either a full acquisition or a potential full acquisition. The businesses in the areas of potential/ full acquisition will have their parking lots taken and therefore, you have to consider that this would affect the whole business. The question was what side of the road to impact; Mn/DOT chose the south side. With either option, the volume on Main Street to the west appears to show a need for a four lane section on Main Street, at least up to the first intersection where it can then transition to a narrower width. .