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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 23, 2005 APPROVED • 1 The Council requested information on the calculations of the percentage of tax abatement 2 that would go to pay the bond. The Council also requested information on what would 3 happen if the abatement were not sufficient to pay the debt service on the bond. 4 5 The YMCA Development Agreement will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, 6 February 28, 2005, 6:30 p.m. 7 8 CSAH 14 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, MICHAEL GROCHALA, ANOKA 9 COUNTY 10 11 Community Development Director Grochala advised Anoka County is nearing 12 completion of the preliminary plans for the improvement of County State Aid Highway 13 14 (Main Street) from 1-35W to I -35E. Anoka County representatives and the consulting 14 engineer are present this evening to discuss the project. 15 16 Community Development Director Grochala stated Anoka County is requesting City 17 approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to moving forward with final 18 design. The purpose of the MOU is to reach general agreement between the parties 19 regarding the project parameters. A copy of the draft MOU was included in Council 20 packets. Staff is anticipating City Council consideration of the MOU in March following 21 further review by staff, Council and the City Attorney. 22 • 23 Community Development Director Grochala advised the City's estimated funding share 24 of the project is approximately $176,000. However, this number will fluctuate as final 25 design proceeds. The majority of the City's share will be funded from the City's 26 Municipal State Aid Account. The Trunk Utility Area and Unit Fund will fund remaining 27 costs due to public utility extensions. 28 29 Mr. Doug Fischer, Anoka County Engineer, advised the County has been meeting 30 regularly regarding this project and felt it was time to review the project with the City 31 Council. He indicated he would review the project and answer questions. 32 33 Mr. Jim Dvorak, SRF Consulting Group, Inc., stated the preliminary design is 99% 34 complete and the preliminary cost estimate is 80% complete. The environmental 35 assessment needs to be completed and printed. He indicated they are continuing to have 36 business owner meetings and work on right-of-way issues. 37 38 Mr. Dvorak stated the next steps in the project include the interchange layout, MOU 39 approval, final design and right-of-way acquisition. 40 41 Mr. Fischer advised the biggest outstanding issues include 21st Avenue North and 20`h 42 Avenue (CSAH 21 and County Road 54). He stated they are working on different 43 intersection options for 21' Avenue. He referred to a preliminary concept plan for 21" 44 Avenue, noting they will continue to work on that intersection. 45 • 46 Community Development Director Grochala advised the development scenarios for that 47 area would be laid out at the March 9, 2005 Council work session.