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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 7, 2004 NOT APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON 06-28-2004 1 LAKE DRIVE/I35W INTERCHANGE STUDY, MICHAEL GROCHALA • 2 3 Community Development Director Grochala stated that as part of the Legacy at Woods 4 Edge development review process, a traffic study identified the necessary improvements 5 to Lake Drive that would be required to facilitate development. He reviewed the 6 necessary improvements noting while the feasibility study for the proposed 7 improvements, both internal and external to the Legacy site, is just commencing, the very 8 preliminary cost estimate for the Lake Drive improvements is approximately $2.4 9 million. It is anticipated that these improvements would be, for the most part temporary, 10 until the reconstruction of the I -35W interchange. 11 12 Community Development Director Grochala stated that because of the estimated cost of 13 the Lake Drive improvements and the recognized need for improving the I -35W 14 interchange, staff is evaluating options to: 1) facilitate improvement of the interchange in 15 conjunction with the Legacy project: 2) minimize the extent of reconstruction if the 16 interchange is constructed at a later date; and 3) provide a planning base to pursue county, 17 state and/or federal funding for interchange improvements. 18 19 Staff has requested a proposal from a consultant to determine the needed lane 20 configurations and geometry for the Lake Drive/I-35W interchange between Town Center 21 Parkway and Apollo Drive. Costs estimates would also be provided for the proposed 22 improvements. These services would be done for a cost not to exceed $22,500. 23 • 24 Community Development Director Grochala stated given that Lake Drive improvements 25 are necessary to facilitate the Legacy at Woods Edge and YMCA project, it is staff s 26 opinion that any possibilities to incorporate the improvements into a more comprehensive 27 plan should be explored. Therefore staff is requesting City Council direction to pursue 28 the study and to approach Anoka County regarding a cost sharing. It is staff's intent to 29 bring the proposal to the City Council for authorization at the April 26, 2004, City 30 Council meeting. 31 32 Council directed staff to move forward with the study as well as pursuing cost sharing 33 with Anoka County. 34 35 Ms. Rhonda Sivarajah, Anoka County Commissioner, advised that typically the County 36 does share in the cost if a project is completed. She noted she has been working on 37 several interchanges within the County and trying to obtain federal funds for 38 improvements. 39 40 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, April 26, 2004, 6:30 p.m. 41 42 STREET LIGHT REQUESTS, RICK DEGARDNER 43 44 Public Services Director DeGardner advised that until 2001, the City had budgeted 45 dollars in the street lighting line item budget to provide funding for the installation of 1-2 46 streetlights each year. With the need to reduce the City's budget expenditures, the • 47 provision for the budgeting for new streetlights has been eliminated since 2002. 48 Consequently, there are not any 2004 general fund dollars available for new streetlights.