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COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 Councilmember Dahl stated the entire Council is very concerned with the roadway and all know it needs to be redone. But to the extent, they do not agree. She stated she was under the impression that when it first started, it was only from Birch Street to Lake Drive and the County was giving a bonus since there was extra money to do from Birch Street to County J or 85th Avenue. Councilmember Dahl asked if the draft resolution should just be from Birch Street to Lake Drive since that was her understanding from Anoka County and is the area of concern for Councilmember Reinert. Councilmember Reinert stated the whole roadway needs to be improved and to piecemeal at this point in time is not reasonable. Mayor Bergeson noted a letter was sent to the County that contained the same information included in the resolution. It is staff's recommendation to adopt that resol Councilmember O'Donnell moved to adopt Resolution No. 02 - for reconstructing CSAH 49 from Lake Drive to County Ro motion for discussion purposes. Councilmember O'Donnell indicated he has stated hi a decision. He noted that two and one-half years h compromise has been reached to provide safe pas ing Anoka County's design cilmember Dahl seconded the n before and believes it is time to make nt working with Anoka County and a . He stated he will support the motion. Mayor Bergeson stated he supports the motio- d proceeding with the road. He stated it is not exactly the road the City would have desie Council is not traffic engineers and he believes this is a reasonable design and compro be een the original proposals of Anoka County, Staff, and citizen groups. Mayor Bergeson = a Y. uld not be a negative for the community, but would be an asset. He stated he does not ee i F out e described as a four lane divided freeway because it does not have 70 mph freeway spe e noted it will contain landscaping even north of Birch Street and south of Birch S + evided highway with the opportunity of striping to three lanes. Mayor Bergeson note is ccurring in Shoreview and he would support that same design in Lino Lakes so it is the same om Highway 96 up to Birch Street. Mayor Bergeson noted that north of Birch Street it is already divided and the new bridge will not occur unless it can accommodate four lanes. He stated that having four lanes north of Birch Street seems to him to be a natural so he has no problem with four lanes. Mayor Bergeson restated he would support the motion. Councilmember Dahl stated she has quite a few comments. She stated she agrees with Councilmember Reinert on a lot of issues he raised but the problem she has with the divided highway is the median in it. According to Anoka County Engineers, they will not agree to the design without the median. She stated that Councilmember Reinert discussed a reliever for traffic on highways which she believes to be correct. She stated it was mentioned that besides truck traffic, the medians and wider lanes could accommodate 18 -wheelers which she does not want coming through Lino 10