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1 5! w COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 1995 be used to do the soil borings which will be useful to the City in the future and it is a reimbursable cost. Council Member Kuether noted that the traffic study indicated that up to 70% of the traffic on this roadway will come from Trapper's Crossing. She asked if this meant that the developer will asking the City to pay for 30% of the actual construction costs. Mr. Powell said no, the roadway improvement costs are entirely separate from anything that has been done to this point. The study should establish the total cost of the improvement so that specific agreements can be adopted before the development proceeds. Council Member Bergeson noted the high cost of the study and Mr. Powell's desire to adopt a policy for sharing the cost of feasibility studies. He asked that the policy contain criteria for bidding high cost feasibility studies. Mr. Powell explained that the high cost of this study is attributed to the nature of the soils in the study area. Council Member Bergeson moved to approve the study with the City paying up to 50% of the cost not to exceed $10,000.00 only if the project proceeds as a municipal state aid project and would be reimbursable. Council Member Elliott seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Report on County Road J Meeting, February 9, 1995 - The City Council asked Mr. Powell to attend the County Road J meeting. The meeting was held last Thursday at the Shoreview city hall. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed Metropolitan Council sewer interceptor to be constructed along County Road J (Ash Street). The meeting was initiated by two (2) legislators, Rep. Krinke and State Senator Linda Rundbeck. Lino Lakes City staff had a meeting to discuss the project with the affected Lino Lakes residents on January 30, 1995. The meetings were held in response to a newspaper article and allowed staff to get details of the construction to the property owners because the were very concerned. About 15 residents attended the City meeting and about 30 people attended the meeting in Shoreview. Approximately 10 of these persons were property owners. The remaining attendees were local official and representatives from other governmental agencies with the biggest contingent coming from the Metropolitan Council Waste Water Services (MCWWS). The discussion at the meeting generally concerned the project details, the planning process of Metropolitan Council and how the project costs were affected by installing the interceptor separately from the roadway improvements. Metropolitan Council Waste Water Services indicated that their PAGE 36