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City Council meeting of October 20, 2003 Page 5 UPDATE ON RAILROAD CROSSING FOR CSAH 8/14 PROJECT At its October 6, 2003 meeting, Council accepted staff's recommendation to change the request for an abandonment of the railroad between 14& Street and 145'' Street to a crossing in order to connect the CR 8/14 project to TH61. City staff was directed to forward this recommendation to the Washington County Board for consideration at its October 28, 2003 meeting. On October 9, 2003, City staff and representatives from Washington County held a meeting to discuss in detail the issues related to the obtaining of a crossing from MnDOT versus the abandonment. County officials were favorable to the City's request for a change in the connection of CR 8/14 to TH61 and agreed that they would place it on the Consent Agenda, with a further follow up, detailed report after the administrative hearing was held before MnDOT. Rick Arnebeck, MnDOT Community Services Manager, was present at the meeting and stated that he would follow up with the City's application and schedule a meeting to further clarify and expedite the application process. No formal Council action was taken. REQUEST FOR SPEED REDUCTION ON TH61 AT 130TH STREET Hugo resident Jill Hughes submitted a letter to the City requesting a speed reduction on TH61 in the area of 130' Street. She outlines in her letter the rationale for such a request and staff forwarded it to Council for discussion. City Engineer Dave Mitchell has submitted a request for a traffic signal to MnDOT for that intersection, and Dave expressed concern that a traffic study in the area could jeopardize the City's effort to obtain the traffic signal. Ms. Hughes makes several important points in her letter, but at this time, staff recommended not to jeopardize the funding request. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to table this matter until a decision has been made on the traffic signal request. Staff was directed to send a letter to Ms. Hughes. All aye. Motion Carried. WASHINGTON COUNTY 800 MHZ MEETING ON OCTOBER 29, 2003 City staff received a letter from Washington County Administrator Jim Schug regarding the County's interest in the funding of an 800 mhz communication system. The County has requested official City attendance at the Wednesday, October 29, 2003 meeting and City Administrator Mike Ericson will represent the City. No formal Council was taken. RCWD HARDWOOD CREEK STUDY MEETING OF OCTOBER 22, 2003 City staff received a letter from Steve Hobbs, Administrator for the RCWD, about a Wednesday, October 22, 2003 meeting regarding the study of the Hardwood Creek area. Senior Engineering Technician Scott Anderson will be in attendance to represent the City. AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH RFP FOR COMBINED CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES Senior engineering technician Scott Anderson has been with the City for more than two months now, and has had an opportunity to work closely with, and interact with, City Engineer Dave Mitchell from