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<br />Councilmember Kuzma asked if the engineering costs are included in the cost of development <br />estimates. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson replied the industry standard is 20 percent for design and delivery and believed that <br />was included. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill stated that the City would push to have this cost <br /> <br /> <br />Chairperson Riley asked how this would be different than the traffic studies that were already <br />completed. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson stated that the traffic studies before were based on existing conditions. He stated <br />that at that time it was determined that if MnDOT cannot afford to fix the problems of today, <br />they certainly cannot afford to fix the problems of the future and therefore that element was not <br />included in the previous study. He noted that this process would look further to determine the <br />implications for the future to provide more solid results. <br /> <br />Ms. Bersaw stated that it is important to really determine the problem and how that may change <br />to ensure that you build the right thing that will last. She stated that the modeling will give you <br />the answers to ensure that you are not over building. <br /> <br />Chairperson Riley asked why they would study a no build situation. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson replied that would give you the baseline and define the need to solve. He noted that <br />it is also a part of the environmental review. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill noted that this would also show a measurable <br />improvement to show that you would be solving the problem. <br /> <br />Councilmember Johns asked how far out this would project, whether this is a 20 or 40-year <br />projection. <br /> <br />Ms. Bersaw stated that they typically look 20 to 25 years into the future. She stated that if you <br />look beyond that you are making more assumptions than you can handle and therefore the results <br />become fuzzy. She stated that the traffic modeling would look at the overall network to <br />determine alternate routes and capacity. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson replied that the model for Highway 10 would be expanded and would be built from <br />the model used by Anoka County for their Comprehensive Plan update. He stated that as other <br /> <br /> <br />Councilmember Kuzma asked the funding source for this study. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Gladhill replied that the funding source would be the public <br />improvement revolving fund. <br /> <br />Chairperson Riley asked for details on the number of concepts that would be provided. <br />Public Works Committee / January 16, 2018 <br />Page 4 of 13 <br /> <br />