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COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 • letter sent in July. She felt the letter should be enough to give the City credibility. She was not prepared this evening to consider the proposed Resolution and she would prefer to hear back from the entire County Board before passing the Resolution because she was not aware of how the Board felt about the City's letter. She felt the Council should discuss this issue further during the next Council work session to determine what other action should be taken. • Councilmember Carlson stated Anoka County originally proposed a wider roadway than currently being proposed and acknowledged that the County did present a compromise of a 100 -foot right-of- way. Councilmember Carlson believed Anoka County has already pulled the funds dedicated to this proj ect. Councilmember Carlson stated she too was concerned about losing the funds for this project, however, she noted the County has not indicated whether they were willing to accept the plan proposed by the City. Councilmember O'Donnell felt there was a major difference between the plans presented two years ago and the final plan on the table today. He noted the new plans removed the median south of Birch Street and the County was willing to work with the City to set the speed limit in this area at 45 miles per hour. He did not feel the efforts put into these plans were wasted. Mayor Bergeson noted the funding for this project would come from State turn -back money. He indicated Highway 49 had been a State road but is now a County road. He stated when the road was given to the County, the State had also provided one-time funding for upgrading the road. He indicated those funds would provide a one-time opportunity for the County to reconstruct the roadway and he was concerned that the funds may go to another community. Mayor Bergeson indicated he had not expected a response back from Anoka County on the July 2002 letter. He noted the County had asked the City Council if they were willing to support the proposed design and the City had sent a letter indicating that they were. Councilmember O'Donnell questioned whether there was an estimate on how much this project would cost the taxpayers of Lino Lakes if the County chose to utilize those turn -back funds elsewhere. Community Development Director Grochala stated he did not have these figures available, however, he indicated there would be the standard cost participation on the part of Anoka County to reconstruct this roadway. Councilmember O'Donnell requested confirmation that the effect to the City would be minimal if the County funding was lost. Community Development Director did not believe the affect would be minimal, however, he did not have an exact estimate on the total cost to the City. Councilmember Reinert recalled that information had been provided to the City that if the City did not accept Anoka County's design proposal and the turn -back funds were not utilized for this project, then the burden of the project would be on the City. However, he believed that this was incorrect information since this would remain a County highway and the reconstruction of the road would still • be the responsibility of the County. 6