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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 14, 2006 Page 8 1 Mr. Twinem said we are behind the 8 -ball. In order to determine the construction limits, we 2 have to get going on a detailed design. A 3 -D model must be generated. We are looking at trying 3 to get this under construction in April of next year. 4 5 Commissioner Stenglein explained the last block of road between 36`h and St. Anthony 6 Boulevard can be left to look at later. This layout can be approved now in order to get a detailed 7 design going. He stated we must talk with Ramsey County regarding that portion anyway. 8 9 Mr. Twinem added that they can come back to the Council after further discussion with Ramsey 10 County with the final proposal. 11 12 Mayor Faust said he is not concerned to approve the resolution with caveats. We want to see this 13 go forward. We may put caveats on this. We want to do it right the first time. 14 15 Councilmember Horst commented that he feels the engineers will look at this and the Mayor 16 may not speak for the entire Council in regards to the turn lane. He said he is interested in 17 moving traffic along this road. We expect more traffic in the future. He has seen the backups 18 and is bad many times during the day. 19 20 Councilmember Gray clarified he was on the task force and this was a concern brought up by 21 people on the task force. He has the concern as well. We will encroach further on the houses on 22 the west side in order to keep the two lanes. The other thing is when we saw the model, traffic 23 was being backed up to 39`h. Silver Lane is quite a bit further. Initially it was 1,000 feet and it 24 brought it to 39`h. 25 26 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Horst to adopt Resolution 06- 27 026 re: Approve Preliminary Layout No. 3 for the Improvement of Silver Lake Road (CSAH 28 136) from St. Anthony Blvd. to 37h Avenue NE. 29 30 Councilmember Gray thanked Commissioner Stenglein and County and City Staff, as well as the 31 task force for their work. He said this is a great plan. He noted his concern is with 37`h Avenue 32 and that is a small part of the project. He offered an amendment to the motion to include the 33 reduction of lanes south bound to one. 34 35 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded bey Mayor Faust, to amend the motion to add: to 36 include the reduction of lanes southbound 37 Avenue to one, thereby necessitating a right turn 37 only lane on Silver Lake Road. 38 39 Councilmember Horst stated if this Council is indicating that without a right turn only lane, this 40 is a deal buster and we don't want Silver Lake Road finished, he would vote against the 41 amendment. He said this question has been looked at. To put this in the Resolution forces them 42 to create a turn lane, and they are saying that cannot be done. 43 44 Councilmember Stille commented there are a lot of rewards that we can acquire by going 45 forward such as sidewalks, street lights, corridor connecting the north to the south, bumpouts 46 allowing safer commuting or walkers, burying underground power lines. He said he agrees with 47 Councilmember Horst in that he is willing to ask engineers to look at that again, but not at the