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t • WS — Item 2 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item 2 Date: Council Work Session, February 1, 2010 To: City Council From: Michael Grochala Re: CSAH 14/35W Interchange Request Background At the January 11, 2010 City Council meeting Mr. James Landsberger, 7849 Main Street, requested the council pursue funding for a interchange at CSAH 14 (Main Street) and I- 35W. The council directed staff to report back with an update on improvements in this area. The council previously discussed this issue in December of 2008 following a similar request by Mr. Landsberger. Prior to 1998 both the city and Anoka County identified CSAH 14 and I -35W as a future interchange location. However, the proposed interchange location was removed from the city's Transportation Plan as part of the 1998 Comprehensive Plan update. This change was made, in part, to increase the economic viability of the Town Center area planned around the Lake Drive and I -3 5 W interchange. It should be noted that while Anoka County identified CSAH 14 and I -35W as a future interchange location, no funding, design or approvals were in place for the construction of an interchange in 1998. The county did include the interchange in it's 5 year CIP's in the mid- 1990's. However, these CIP's never showed funding for design or construction in the current budget year. For the purpose of the county's CIP, a project is "funded" only if there is a number in the current budget year. All the other monies shown in years 2 through 5 are "for planning purposes only ". So this project was never "funded ". In 2004 the city began working with Anoka County to plan the reconstruction of Main Street (CSAH 14) from I -35W to I -35E. Construction of the project began in 2007 and was completed in 2009. The project includes a continuous paved bicycle /pedestrian trail along the entire length of the corridor terminating at both interstate bridges. As part of the planning for the roadway improvement Anoka County prepared an alternative analysis report for the corridor which examined: 1) access improvements to the regional system (I -35W and I -35E) in conjunction with a new highway corridor north of Centerville, and 2) the reconstruction of Main Street on the existing alignment. A review of the area's transportation system revealed that existing CSAH 14 needs to be 1