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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 1, 2006 DRAFT 1 entered into a Joint Powers Agreement with Anoka County to pursue design of the 2 ultimate interchange project. The interchange improvement was based on the premise 3 that City funding identified for the interim improvements would be better spent on 4 completing the ultimate project. 5 6 The City has now reached a critical point in terms of which project the City should 7 proceed with. Final design is nearly complete for both the interim and ultimate designs. 8 In general, Mn/DOT, Anoka County and City staff is in agreement that the interim 9 improvements, while an improvement over existing conditions, are less than desirable. 10 Additionally, the existing cooperative agreement dollars from Mn/DOT expire at the end 11 of State Fiscal year 2007 (July 1, 2007). The latest interchange cost is estimated at 12 approximately $9.1 million dollars. The existing proposed funding sources are as follows: 13 14 Lino Lakes $2,500,000 15 Anoka County $3,700,000 16 Mn/DOT Coop Agreement $ 400,000 17 Mn/DOT In Kind Contract Administration $ 400,000 18 19 Total Identified Funding $7,000,000 20 21 Community Development Director Grochala stated staff has attempted to identify 22 addition (non property tax) City funding to cover the gap based on several premises. The 23 City does have the ability and capacity to use Municipal State Aid Street dollars for the 24 I project. Staff has met, with Mn/DOT's Municipal State Aid Engineer and completed a 25 preliminary financial review. At this time it appears that this is a viable option for the 26 City to pursue. However, the use of these funds would temporarily delay new 27 improvements to the City's state aid system. At this time the only proposed project that 28 would potentially be delayed is the Holly Drive Phase II reconstruction from Holly Court 29 to County Road J. 30 31 Community Development Director Grochala stated that if the City Council determines 32 that the use of Municipal State Aid funding is a viable option for the interchange 33 improvements, staff would continue to purse additional funding for the interchange to off 34 set these expenditures. He reviewed additional funding options that could be pursued. 35 36 Community Development Director Grochala advised a decision on which project to 37 pursue is time critical. Based on the existing funding and development of Woods Edge a 38 project will need to be constructed in 2007. Additionally, the scope of the project will 39 impact the right -of -way acquisition process. 40 41 The majority of the Council indicated support for the ultimate interchange project as 42 opposed to the interim improvements. 43 44 21sT AVENUE STREET EXTENSION (JPA WITH CENTERVILLE) 45 7 Formatted: Centered Deleted: lid