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City Council Minutes November 14, 2005 Page 6 County Administrator Bensen stated that there had been bad communication -felt justification in not having had the full knowledge in that the Board was not comfortable; when turning a road back it's because it's a low use road; and when the City wished to build this road into an urban road this became a contradiction to the Board. Mr. Maurer stated in the future he is confident that the Counts= will communicate better with the City and inquire whether there will be a change from rural to urban and use their polity to determine who pays for the road. Sherburne County has let a contract to Bauerly Companies for the reconstruction of County Highway No. 1 from County Highway 32 to the north City limits. Parks and Recreation Director Maertz is working to include a detached trail in this right- of-way. ~ Sherburne County is working on the plans and specifications fox the ounty Highway 33 and 77 improvements. This is the area of County Highway 33 that is to be realigned through the gravel mining areas and then continuing along the existing alignment westerly to County Highway No. 1. One unresolved issue is the land acquisition costs for the portion of County Highway improvements between the railroad trail and County Highway No. 1. City staff was unaware until recently that this portion of County Highway 33 was included in this project. Discussion on the potential for future repayment of the costs of this right-of--way acquisition to be discussed at a quarterly Transportation Committee meeting. County Engineer Rhonda Lewis will continue with the land acquisition ofright-of--way to keep this project on schedule. The City will be working with the County on the design and both entities will look at a Joint Powers Agreement for city improvements in Counts= right-of--way. ~ Sherburne County has undertaken the project to reclaim and overlay the surface of COUntP H~hwav 44 from approximately Trunk Highway 10 to County Highway No. 1. City staff to determine the potential for a city-constructed detached trail within or adjacent to the County Highway 44 right-of-way. Mr. Maurer stated that the Parks and Recreation Commission would like to see a detached trail on all County roads within the City. ~ Sherburne County has asked the City to take back portions of existing County Highway 33 and County Highway 77 after the newly constructed road is completed in 2007. The roadways in question have had their surfaces reclaimed and have been newly overlaid in 2005. The City of Elk River will receive a small increase in Municipal State .Aid funding by the turnback of these roadways. The Council agreed to consider the turnback agreement at an upcoming Council meeting. ~ Sharp curves on County Highway 33 east of TH169. Police Chief Beahen distributed photographs taken of vehicles traveling over the line on these curves. The County Engineering staff has a conceptual layout of how County Highway 33 could be realigned in the future to meet up with County Road 22 in Anoka County reducing the traffic using these roads. Working with County staff and with Council direction, staff will submit a project request to eliminate these sharp curves. If the County is successful in obtaining Federal funds, the City will still be expected to acquire the necessary right-of-way. It was stated that amulti-jurisdiction application for federal funds with the number one issue of safety carries more weight with MnDot. • Easement agreement for access to the Jackson Avenue Fire Station -Due to the expansion of the Jackson Avenue Fire Station to allow for expanded ambulance