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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JUNE 149 2023 LABORS ROAD SIDEWALK STUDY UPDATE The City Engineer provided an update on the Labore Road sidewalk study. He reviewed background information on Labore Road, the study area, and the timeline for the study. He summarized the input received through the engagement thus far and highlighted the items staff will look into further during the technical analysis. He reviewed the next steps in the process. Mayor Fischer asked when Labore Road is next scheduled for improvement. The Public Works Director replied that a portion of Labore Road is scheduled for improvement in 2031 and the other portion is scheduled for 2033. The City Administrator asked for clarification on the public engagement that is still scheduled to occur and whether that would be general input or more specific to the options that will be developed. The City Engineer replied that they would be seeking feedback on the options that are developed through the technical analysis portion of the study. He confirmed that depending on the options that are chosen, they could begin implementing some of those items pretty quickly while others would need to have more funding allocated in the future. T. Miller commented that with the sidewalk section view there appears to be a huge section of grass between the road and sidewalk. She asked if that is required as people may not want to lose that much of their yard. The City Engineer commented that most of the road is rural at this time and in order to maintain that they would need to maintain a ditch between the road and sidewalk or place the sidewalk directly near the road to sheet that drainage off into the ditch on the other side._ Mayor Fischer acknowledged that this is called the sidewalk study, but that may not be the end result. He asked if it was too late in the process to change the name of the study. The City Engineer confirmed that they received similar feedback from the public but were unsure if it would be too late to change the name as people may become confused. He noted that staff could discuss whether it would be appropriate to rebrand this. PARTICIPATION IN OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR STANDARD MEASURES FOR CITIES PROGRAM The City Administrator provided background information on this program which began in 2010. He stated that in reviewing this with staff, it seems that participation would be beneficial to the City. Mayor Fischer commented that he was glad to see that this would be worthwhile for the City to participate in the program and that would be a positive investment in time and effort. T. Miller introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOL UTION NO. 2 023-6- 72 — A UTHORIZING PAR TICIPA TION IN THE STA TE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PR0GRAM AND REPORTING RESULTS FOR 2022 The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by D. Miller. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. 11