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.~ • colleague considerations, too. Mr. Coughlin stated because of Mr. McCarty's former position, two extra minutes was given. Mr. Wendell stated what is being considered tonight is a preliminary approval of the plans and specifications in order that they may be sent to MNDOT. You are not signing off and finalizing plans. These are preliminary plans and specifications which can be changed before your February 22 .date. The purpose of approving the preliminary plans are simply to get these plans and specifications to MNDOT for their comments so that staff can give you their comments, for February 22. Steve Cambdeski stated tonight's meeting is just approval of preliminary plans and specifications for the MNDOT approval and permits and that is what is significant, with the MSA funding and with the necessary permits for access to Highway 10. MNDOT process is going to be fairly involved and we would like extra time. The reason is we expect back and forth paperwork between MNDOT and the Council. A few extra weeks were put in. Preliminary approval is needed, to get this off to MNDOT so they can start the process. This has to go across about 10 desks over there before we get it back and it can take quite a while. This does not preclude us coming back to the work session for February 8 meeting, assuming approval of the plans. The final approval comes a month from tonight, February 22, and that is when we will be able to make the final resolution authorizing the plans and specifications. . Mr. Marty asks when would the MSA and everything else that becomes official, on February 22? Mr. Camdeski replied that would be when the resolution would be presented. That is when we will start the legal process. ' Mr. Marty asked if questions can be asked in the meantime, if any, with Mr. Camdeski stating yes. Mr. Stigney questioned if we went ahead with these preliminary plans that during the work session or even the next Council meeting we could do some final minor tweaking. Mr. Camdeski indicated that is correct. Mr. Stigney has a .question of the ponding drainage issue, and asks if this is the minor tweaking. Mr. Camdeski reports at this point it is. Mr. Jopke indicates that this is not something MNDOT is going to get involved with. Primarily, they are going to look at the MSA, the alignment cross section of the road, and then for the permitting process they are going to look at the access points, turn lanes and things like that. The storm sewer is not something that they are going to be concerned with. •