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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 5, 2006 APPROVED • 1 signals, may improve the overall operation of the area's transportation system. Anoka 2 County has been hesitant to modify their proposed plans based in part on the intersections 3 inconsistency with their access spacing guidelines as well the significant debate over the 4 intersection during the CSAH 14 design process. 5 6 Community Development Director Grochala advised in order to address the accessing 7 spacing issues the development team has also proposed the possibility of realigning 8 CSAH 54 to tie directly into CSAH 54 immediately east of the Main Street Bank. There 9 appears to be many advantages to this design however, the access to southbound 21st 10 Avenue becomes problematic. Additionally, Centerville is uncertain, at this time, what 11 impact the realignment would have on their downtown project. The development team 12 and City staff are coordinating review efforts with the City of Centerville. Anoka County 13 has stated that they do not want to proceed with any consideration of the realignment 14 unless there is a local request to do so. 15 16 Community Development Director Grochala stated the development team is looking at a 17 lot of different options to develop an efficient transportation system in this corridor. 18 19 Ms. Caroline Krawl came forward and stated the overall system had a lot more problems 20 that what was originally anticipated. The traffic system has to be looked at in a more 21 comprehensive way. 22 23 Mr. Bruce Bojar, Westwood, came forward and presented the traffic simulations for each 24 scenario as well as the projected peak traffic volumes. 25 26 Councilmember O'Donnell arrived at 8:10 p.m. 27 28 Mr. Bojar displayed drawings of alternatives for each intersection noting the advantages 29 and disadvantages of each option. 30 31 Ms. Krawl stated the development team is going to continue working on the options and 32 do further analysis. Once that analysis is complete, those studies will be brought back to 33 the Council as well as the City of Centerville. 34 35 The majority of the Council indicated support to continue studying the alternative options 36 for the overall traffic system in this area. 37 38 COMMUNITY FESIVAL FUNDING 39 40 Finance Director Rolek advised he sent out a list -serve to other communities to find out if 41 they contributed monetarily to community celebrations or provided in-kind contributions, 42 and whether the city was the coordinator of the event. He indicated he received upwards 43 of 70 responses. 44 •