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COUNCIL MINUTES October 12, 2004 APPROVED 336 Resolution No. 04-139 can be found in the City Clerk's office. .337 338 F. Consideration of Resolution No. 04-146, Requesting Cooperative Agreement with 339 Mn/Dot for Lake Drive / I -35W Ramp, Michael Grochala 340 341 Community Development Director Grochala presented the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends 342 approval. 343 344 Councilmember Carlson commented she hopes Mn/Dot will come forward with funding for Lino 345 Lakes because the amount being requested is just a small portion of what the City is committing to 346 spend. 347 348 Councilmember Carlson moved to adopt Resolution No. 04 -requesting a Cooperative Agreement with 349 Mn/Dot for Lake Drive / I -35W ramp. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 350 351 Motion carried unanimously. 352 353 Resolution No. 04-146 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 354 355 G. Consideration of Resolution No. 04-147, Authorization of DSU contract for 35E 356 Corridor AUAR, Michael Grochala 357 358 Community Development Director Grochala summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff is . 59 recommending approval. 60 361 Councilmember Carlson questioned if the Environmental Board had seen this request and formed a 362 recommendation. Staff responded that it is more of a planning issue than an environmental issue, and 363 is also a City Council goal to do master planning for the I -35E corridor, therefore they felt it should 364 come to the City Council first. Community Development Director Grochala noted this is not 365 authorization for the AUAR, but to start the process to gather information. He indicated with 366 Hardwood Creek wanting to move forward they want to stay ahead of the process. Mayor Bergeson 367 agreed this was the proper order in which to present the request. 368 369 Community Development Director Grochala advised the cost for the AUAR would be through inter - 370 fund borrowing, which will be paid back through an assessment to the developer, who typically pays 371 for an EAW or EIS anyway. He reiterated the benefit is this looks at a much larger area as a whole 372 versus individual project sites. 373 374 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 04-147 authorizing the DSU contract for a 375 35E corridor AUAR. Councilmember Stoltz seconded the motion. 376 377 Councilmember Carlson expressed concern that they do not have a recommendation from the 378 Environmental Board on an environmental study, and that they are paying for it with City money, 379 even though she realizes they will recoup it. She was also concerned about having an approval for an 380 area that may be considered a blanket approval. 381 . 82 Community Development Director Grochala verified they are not using any tax dollars, but rather are 83 using trunk utility funds paid by the developers, and that it is not a blanket approval. He stated the 8