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City Council meeting of September 7, 2004 Page 6 Victor Garden Blvd. Staff reported on the response letter received from Washington County Transportation engineer Wayne Sandberg. No formal City Council action was taken. CSAH 8/14 PROJECT UPDATE At its August 26, 2004 meeting, the CSAH 8/14 Project Management Team met for its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Committee members discussed the connection of CSAH 8 to TH61 and the necessary right-of-way, which will be needed to improve TH61 for increased land width next to St. John the Baptist Church. PMT members met the previous week on August 18, 2004 with members of the Washington County HRA, representing Muller Manor, and Roland Stricklin, representing St. John's. Sidewalk snow removal may be an issue for the church and City to address. Council concurred that the City should be responsible for snow removal on the sidewalk in front of the church, next to TH61. HARDWOOD CREEK REHABILITATION PROJECT UPDATE On May 17, 2004 the RCWD published an EAW for the Hardwood Creek rehabilitation project. City staff discussed the content of the EAW at a June 29, 2004 meeting with RCWD staff and consultants. This meeting was held approximately one week after the end of the EAW comment period. At this meeting, attendees observed that the project described by the EAW was not consistent with the project that had been supported by the Council at previous meetings. Based in part on direction provided at this meeting, past actions by the Council, and the observation that the EAW comment period was past due, a letter on behalf of the City was prepared and forwarded to the RCWD staff without Council review and approval. Since the letter was forwarded to the District, the RCWD staff has expressed concern over its content. A copy of the letter forwarded to RCWD was included for Council consideration. Pete Willenbring from WSB Engineers was present to discuss content of the letter and obtain direction from the Council regarding their current position relative to the comments made in the letter, and the need for providing changes or clarifications to its content. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, directing staff to send a letter to the RCWD stating that previous letters do convey the City's position on the EAW for the Hardwood Creek rehabilitation project, and further direct City staff to be in attendance at the RCWD Board of Managers' EIS Scoping Meeting regarding the Hardwood Creek Repair project to be held on September 29, 2004. All aye. Motion Carried. Resident John Waller submitted a copy of a letter to the RCWD on this issue. DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CD Director Bryan Bear and Kendra Lindahl from Landform discussed with Council the next steps in preparing a final downtown redevelopment plan, which had been last presented publicly on June 28, 2004, to residents and business owners in the City. The City should now conduct a market study and prepare design guidelines. Bryan reported that the City was awarded a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Grant, in the amount of $45,000, and this grant money will be used to facilitate these next steps.