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Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained the construction activity that occurred was.that <br />they m/lied up the existing surface and used it as a Class 5, so they had a base they could put <br />over the top. Sunfish Lake Boulevard has been classified as a construction of an urban four lane <br />divided roadway from a point 600 feet south to a point 1,400 feet north of TH 10. They are not <br />going that entire length in the four lane divided section and the county has agreed to 30 percent <br />of the cost. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig commented that road has deteriorated and there will be more significant <br />problems by 2007/2008. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec noted right now Mr. Berg is looking for funds to do things temporarily. There <br />will be a cost of $200,000 to $300,000 just to move the lights. There may be some funds <br />available for another project where they may do some temporary work. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Wgrks Director Olson explained southbound there will be one right turn lane, <br />one through lane, and two south bound turn lanes. They knew there would be some <br />reconfiguration at the intersection and did not want to throw money away. There are federal <br />funds lined up. He indicated it is not to say it is not possible to ask the county for more <br />participation lbr that section of road, as it is possible to do that. However, they have structured a <br />good deal for the City. <br /> <br />Councihnember Cook commented an AUAR was done for the intersections being freeway status <br />and having interchanges. <br /> <br />Assi.stant Public Works Director Olson stated he would love to say the interchanges will go in in <br />three to five years, but basically if they do not have federal backing on the interchanges the state <br />does not have money lined up to make that happen, nor are they planning on putting that into <br />their transpmlation system plan. The state is severely under-funded, at somewhere in the lines of <br />10 billion dollars over the next bienniiim. They just do not have enough transportation funding <br />in the state to deal with expansion projects, they have concentrated all the funds on trying to <br />rehabilitate the streets they have. This is not to say it cannot happen with some federal funding, <br />but they would have to bring new funds to the table. He stated it is important to note this 14 <br />million dollars will not be thrown away. These are county roadway improvements that will <br />continue to be there; there might be some replaced with the interchange .work in the future, but a <br />good portion will continue to be permanent. <br /> <br />Councihnember Kurak asked if there is any way to get the funding for the Sunfish Lake <br />Boulevard portion earlier than 2007. She noted it can take as long as 20 minutes to get over the <br />tracks; turn lanes would alleviate that a lot sooner. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained there are two small issues on Sunfish Lake <br />Boulevard. One is that this is federal financing so there are additional steps to take. Secondly, <br />there is not an environmental document that would support the additional lane and there would <br />be environmental work necessary. It is something they can try to accomplish. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec indicated Mr. Berg is very aware of that and is trying to get funds to do something <br />temporary. There are federal and county moneys both allocated there and the federal money <br />should be over and above the 30 percent from the county. <br /> <br />City Council/June 8, 2004 <br />Page 19 of 22 <br /> <br />P65 <br /> <br /> <br />