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1 1 1 1 rs COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 1995 Fourth Avenue Barrier - Mr. Powell explained that this is for information. As part of the Apollo Drive improvement project the City acquired a permanent easement across the southeast corner of the Lino Lakes Correctional Facility property. The Department of Corrections agreed to grant this easement with the understanding that old Fourth Avenue would become a limited access roadway which would be beneficial to them from a security standpoint. Now that the Fourth Avenue re -alignment construction has been completed, the Correctional Facility will be installing an armed gate across the pavement within the old Fourth Avenue right-of- way. The appropriate City personnel will still be able to access the City facilities south of the armed gate including the water tower and utility easements. The armed gate will be installed and maintained by the Correctional Facility and public works, police and fire officials have been contacted and have no objection to the proposed gate. No Council action is needed on this matter. Holly Drive Feasibility Report and Cost Sharing Proposal - Mr. Powell explained that the developer of the proposed Trapper's Crossing was required, as a condition of the preliminary plat approval, to participate in a satisfactory plan for the reconstruction of 12th Avenue and Holly Drive between Ash Street and Birch Street. To determine the cost of this plan requires the preparation of a feasibility report. The developer has requested that the City share in the cost of the preparation of the report. In response to the developers request the following information was prepared. When reviewing the request the following was noted: the City currently has no formal policy regarding feasibility report cost sharing and on at least one other project in the past, cost sharing was approved but involved a much lower dollar amount. The Trapper's Crossing project frontage involves about 18 percent of the improvement area to be evaluated by the report. Based on a recent traffic study completed on the area, ignoring any effect of a park complex, the subdivision would ultimately account for about 70 percent of the traffic. The City would not have a feasibility report prepared if it were not for the proposed subdivision. The roadway to be evaluated is part of the City's MSA roadway system. As such, the City can submit preliminary design costs to be paid by state aid funds. Regardless of any action on this item, staff is requesting that a formal policy regarding feasibility report cost sharing be prepared for future use to assure consistency of feasibility report cost sharing. Mr. Powell explained that up to 50% of the feasibility cost will PAGE 35