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COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 10, 2003 APPROVED 1 Councilmember Carlson stated she still had a problem with the one on the roads. She stated on • 2 anything else she could compromise, but taking out all levels of service at the interchanges concerns 3 here. She understands about not having the funding to do them, but by taking out all level of service 4 requirements she views it as a safety concern. She reread paragraph g. of 1002.5, indicating it gets 5 into the Comprehensive Plan and the EAWs. 6 7 Councilmember Reinert asked if interchanges included overpasses and underpasses. City Planner 8 Smyser indicated it did. 9 10 Councilmember Carlson stated she looked at the information on Eaglebrook Church, and wondered 11 why do an EAW if when we look back in our ordinances we have no guidelines.. She indicated she 12 could compromise on the drop in LOS from C to D, although D is not good either. She read the 13 criteria for D, and indicated she was not fond of having that in there, but to have nothing on the 14 interchanges when relating to the Comprehensive Plan and EAW, you are really tossing the point of 15 an EAW out the window. 16 17 Councilmember Reinert indicated Councilmember Carlson had a good point. 18 19 Mayor Bergeson asked how the City would go about influencing the State on improvements. 20 Councilmember Reinert stated they were really talking about the County, in the example of the 21 bridge. 22 23 Community Development Director Grochala stated that whether County, State or Federal money, you •24 are really talking about who has jurisdiction. All of these projects get programmed through the State 25 Application Program, whether road improvements, maintenance versus reconstruction, etc., there is 26 always competition. He stated the City could apply for it to get moved up, but it is a political process 27 that the City does not control. He indicated he does not think EAW is a reason to approve or deny a 28 project, it is just one more thing to consider. He added that given the City's inability to control when 29 those projects are done, it would be eliminating any economic development in that part of the city. 30 31 Councilmember Carlson stated she knows these are timed projects, with 35W slated for 2006, and 32 stated there is a meeting on March 26th with Centerville and Hugo to discuss 35E, but asked if more 33 could not be done with temporary signals to improve the level of service rating. 34 35 Community Development Director Grochala stated signals will not help, noting that level of service 36 includes delays. He gave an example of a two lane bridge, with no room for a turn lane without 37 expanding the bridge itself. 38 39 Councilmember Reinert asked what the LOS of 35W and 35E interchanges were right now. 40 Community Development Director Grochala indicated he did not know, he thought it was F several 41 years ago, and knows there was an evaluation when Target went up, stating that some improvement 42 north of there helped, but he would have to check the studies. 43 44 Mayor Bergeson indicated he did not want to put something in place that would prevent the Town 45 Center, although he does not know what the LOS would be with or without the Town Center, he 46 would be concerned that they are not putting wording in the ordinance that would prevent the Town •47 Center from moving forward. 48 19