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If any Councilmember wishes to place an item on the August 1st Work Session, please let me know as soon as possible. I spoke with a representative of the Metropolitan Airports Commission today regarding some of the City's concerns regarding the Anoka County-Blaine Airport. There will be a meeting of MAC and city officials (Blaine, Circle Pines, Lexington, Coon Rapids and others) on August 3rd at 1:30 p.m. Samantha Airport Drive/County Road J intersection On Tuesday, 7/12, Jim Hess and I met with Dan Soler, Engineer from Ramsey County, and Chuck Lenthy, Engineer from the City of Blaine, about adding streetlights at the northwest corner and the southeast corner of this intersection. Representatives from MNDot and Anoka County were unable to attend. According to Mr. Lenthy, Anoka County is going to do another traffic study (sometime in August) to determine if traffic lights are needed at this intersection. If traffic lights are added, streetlights usually accompany them. The City of Blaine would rather wait until this happens, which could take one year to whenever the traffic counts reaches the magic number. In the meantime, I have met with NSP at the location and they have indicated a light could be installed at the southeast corner for no charge. However, this is a wooden pole installation which is not as aesthetically pleasing as the metal poles the state uses. Also, there may be regulations that require a breakaway pole be used. MNDot thought they could contribute a pole or two to the project and are currently searching for some that are available. I will keep you posted on the progress of this installation. 5 Year Goal Plan The 5 year goal plan is complete and is scheduled for delivery the last weekend in July. Gary Stevenson has enlisted a group of football players, through the Irondale Booster Club, to make the delivery. Computer Needs Assessment A representative from All Systems Go met with me on Wednesday, 7/20, to discuss the City's current computer situation and where we wanted to go in the future. He surveyed the premises and will come up with a rough cost estimate in the next couple of days for the work that is proposed. Tim C.