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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Anderson, Hendriksen, and Kurak. Voting No: None. Case g2: Consider Authorization of Highway gl0 Redevelopment Planning Services Second Addendum City Administrator Norman stated that the City contracted for planning services with Hoisington Koegler Group Incorporated (HKGi) on May 20, 1999, to perform a planning study for redevelopment along the Highway gl0 corridor. The report was presented and accepted in November 2000. As part of the study, an area north of Highway gl0, between Sunfish Lake Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard was used as a focus area for the study of a proposed frontage road system. The Council, in separate action, on February 27, 2001, authorized an addendum to the study area to include two additional segments north of Highway gl0 from Sunfish Lake Boulevard to the Anoka/Ramsey corporate 'limits and the north side of Highway gl0 from Ramsey Boulevard to Armstrong Boulevard. As the consultant began to work on the project, it became apparent that it was necessary to include segments south of Highway gl0. The current study will show a frontage road system between Sunfish Lake Boulevard and Thurston Avenue in Anoka, which will dissect the Anoka-Hennepin Technical College property. An access point to Highway gl0 should line up with an access point on the south part of Highway gl0 in Ramsey. Additionally, staff has recently had discussions with business interests in the area south of Highway g 10 and east of Sunfish Lake Boulevard. Councilmember Hendriksen noted that the study should include the area in front of the Anoka County Regional Park. Consensus of the Council was that the study shoUld include the Anoka County Regional Park and should refer to roads not land use. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the CoUncil has reviewed the initial studies that have been completed. City Administrator Norman replied no. Councilmember Hendriksen stated tha~ the Council should review Community Development Department uses them as a planning guide. the studies before the City Administrator Norman stated that the EDA would give the studies the first approval and then they would go to the Planning Commission and then on to the Council. Councilmember Hendriksen replied that he felt that the design of the roads is a planning matter and what would go along those roads would be an EDA matter. Mayor Gamec recommended holding a joint meeting with the Planning Commission and EDA to review the studies. Finance Committee/May 8, 2001 Page 2 of 5