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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 12, 1994 The Administrator replied that the City has two options. The first would be that the County gives the dollars it would have spent to reconstruct or upgrade the road to its standards. The City could then undertake an improvement resulting in the roadway meeting City standards. The amount of County funding participation would be established with pre-existing criteria. The second option would be that the County would upgrade the road to a level 90 standard. The road would then be turned back to the City. The Administrator felt it likely that the City would take the dollars in most cases, and then reconstruct those streets to the degree necessary to meet City standards. Pedersen pointed out that the County would not include curb and gutter for any road upgrades that they would do. The Administrator stated that that was correct. The City would consider curb and gutter, drainage, as well as road width. The Administrator pointed out that it would be to the City's advantage to take these roads over as soon as possible, since the City could begin collecting additional MSA dollars and have these funds available for future construction needs. However, the County has asked that the turnbacks be spread out over a three year period. Morelan asked if there were any negatives in having Rice Street turned over to the County. Morelan pointed out that the cost of traffic signals along Rice Street has typically been shared by the State, County, and City. The Administrator replied that there may be some cost implications to the City. However, the State will be turning Rice Street over to the County since it does not feel that Rice Street is appropriately a State road. There will be some improvement to Rice Street in turning it over to the County in terms of driveability, however. LaValle asked if the turn backs will result in the need for additional Public Works employees. 9