Agenda - Economic Development Authority - 02/11/2021

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they are permanent. Options were discussed for relocating ALTRON's driveway to 143rd Avenue, or for adding a bypass lane on northbound Bunker Lake Boulevard to allow their access to remain open to all movements. Anoka County said they would meet with the owner to discuss their access options in more detail. Anoka County then said they would be seeking direction from the City as to whether the City would be interested in paying to widen Sunwood Drive to add protected turn lanes at the intersection with Bunker Lake Boulevard. An alternate layout was later provided to the City showing alternate intersection improvements at Bunker Lake Boulevard and Sunwood Drive to provide for dedicated left turn, through and right turn lanes on Sunwood Drive. However, no cost estimates were provided. On January 15th, the City Engineer attended a virtual meeting with Anoka County and MnDOT Staff. The intent of that meeting was to discuss the proposed improvements from the perspective of the different agencies. The same concept level layout was reviewed and much of the discussion was directed to addressing questions from MnDOT Staff. Anoka County noted they were still trying to schedule meetings with local business owners most impacted by the proposed improvements to obtain their feedback and allow the concept level layout to be refined and cost estimates to be prepared. These could then be shared with the City to obtain formal City review and comments on the concept design and cost sharing options. On January 19th, the City Engineer informed the Public Works Committee of Anoka County's plan to construct interim improvements to Bunker Lake Boulevard in 2021, and that Staff anticipates receiving an updated layout and cost estimates soon to allow for formal review and comment by the City. It was also noted that the design, review and approval process would move along quickly due to the need to bid the project this spring. The Public Works Committee commented that they wanted to make sure the City was able to provide comments before the design was too far along to change. On February 2nd, City Staff received additional input from Anoka County, including that the signal system proposed at Bunker Lake Boulevard and Sunwood Drive will be a temporary span -wire signal system. Therefore, when the permanent signal system is constructed in the future the entire intersection will need to be reconstructed so any improvements made to this intersection in 2021 will only be temporary. Anoka County also wanted to stress that they support reviewing the attached layout with Council, but asked that we stress that this is only a concept level layout and that the access restrictions as shown are less restrictive then the long term plans for the corridor. Therefore, while the attached concept level layout reflects Anoka County's preferred design, they are open to modifying the design based on input received from the City and local businesses. That said, if modifications are made to the interim design, the permanent design will incorporate the access restrictions reflected in the attached layout and in the 2004 Access and Corridor Study for Bunker Lake Boulevard. Anoka County_ will continue to use this as their guide for closing and restricting accesses along Bunker Lake Boulevard. Attached is a resolution including general comments for Council consideration based on Staffs review of the attached concept level layout. These comments are intended to spark Council discussions on several high-level items, but they are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of comments. Included is a comment requesting that Anoka County assist the City in constructing watermain improvements under and along Bunker Lake Boulevard in conjunction with the interim Bunker Lake Boulevard improvements as required to support the City's proposed water treatment plant. The purpose of this case is to allow Staff to review the concept level layout with the City Council and to capture Council's comments in the attached resolution, which will then be shared with Anoka County with a request to modify the attached layout to address Council's comments, then to submit a revised layout for additional review and comment by the City. Notification: Notifications are not required for this case. Observations/Alternatives: