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2 <br />3 <br />4 DATE <br />s TIME STARTED <br />6 TIME ENDED <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT <br />8 <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />February 3, 2020 <br />. 69.00 p.m. <br />. 9:08 p.m. <br />Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland <br />and Mayor Rafferty <br />None <br />]0 <br />11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development <br />12 Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />13 1. CSAH 34 Birch Street Project Update —Community Development Director <br />14 Grochala introduced Anoka County and WSB staff present. <br />15 <br />16 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed his written staff report. After the <br />17 first open house in October, the county came back with some changes to address feedback <br />18 on things like access. Adding a third roundabout was included. A subsequent open <br />19 house was held last week and an abundance of information was presented. As far as <br />20 comments from the open house, it was well attended and comments were across the <br />21 board. <br />22 <br />23 Mayor Rafferty asked staff about the difference from the first open house to the second. <br />24 Mr. Grochala said he believed the difference was people were more informed at the <br />25 second. <br />26 <br />27 Council Member Stoesz remarked that he'd like to have more information on how this <br />28 project would be financed. <br />29 <br />3o Jason Orcutt. Anoka County Project Engineer, thanked the council for the opportunity to <br />31 have an additional open house. He reviewed the slides that were presented at the open <br />32 house that provided information on the following: <br />33 <br />34 - History of project (address speed, keep rural nature of area, address safety); <br />35 - Consideration of roundabouts; <br />36 - Review of original proposal, option with three roundabouts; <br />37 - Trying to minimize the taking of private property; <br />38 - Safety and usability element that roundabouts provide; <br />39 - Roundabout allows right turn instead of left into heavy traffic; <br />40 - Current proposal that allows for future extension of the improvements; <br />41 - Municipal consent will be sought on the project; <br />42 <br />43 Mayor Rafferty noted the second roundabout area. Is the City looking ahead on how that <br />44 will meet future needs? Community Development Director Grochala suggested that this <br />1 <br />