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1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 22, 1992 City allows the street to be constructed as outlined above, the county would not be interested. Mr. Schneider said the question now is how should the situation in this area be handled? A street could be located at the rear of the lots on Marvy Street. The street could be buffered with landscaping and utilities could be provided to the lots. This would make the Marvy Street area a self- contained neighborhood. At this point, Mr. Schneider is waiting for some signals from the county. The county would like to get Lilac Street and Elm Street off of the CSAH system. There has been some discussion of turning these two (2) streets over to the City. Mr. Schneider explained that he will contact the new state engineer and try to arrange a meeting between the city, county and the state engineer. Mr. Gary Uhde, owner of the vacant property south of Marvy Street and north of I35W was in the audience. He told the Council he would like to keep the new street as narrow as possible and be allowed to develop as many accesses as possible. He also expressed concern for the neighborhood on Marvy Street because he had lead them to believe that they could develop the south half of their lots. Mr. Uhde noted that the nature of his property has now changed from solid residential to something else. He said he would not have a major objection to the construction of a 44 foot wide street. Mr. Schneider explained that the county would not be interested in a street less than 52 feet wide. He noted that this would be a two million dollar plus project. Mayor Reinert said that this City must have a decision from the county and a joint powers agreement if the county wants Apollo Drive to be a CSAH street. Mr. Schneider explained that the county could decide to upgrade Lilac Street and bypass any City development of Apollo Drive. Mr. Schneider addressed alternate routes for Apollo Drive noting that the intersection of Apollo Drive, Lilac Street and Lake Drive can be changed to fit into other landowners plans. Mr. Schneider was asked if the City constructed Apollo Drive as a MSA street and the county then made Apollo Drive a CSAH street and reimbursed the City for the initial costs, could the City take the money reimbursed from the county and use it for purposes other than MSA street construction? Mr. Toddie explained that the money would have to be returned to the state MSA fund because the street designation would be changed from MSA to CSAH. Mr. Schneider explained that the key decision now is will Apollo Drive be a MSA or a CSAH? PAGE 3 61