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Mr. Foster asked where the dollars will come from that the City has to put forward. Mr. Jankowski replied that it may come from TIF or maybe the MSA funds. Councilmember Haas Steffen mentioned that the City could consider bonding for this. Consensus of the Road and Bridge Committee is as follows: Staff should arrange a meeting with MnDOT and find out what they require for access control. Staff should continue to pursue the STP project. Staff needs to get a confirmation from MnDOT that the funding is available. Find out if the local initiative money and the maintenance money can be rolled into a fund for this bigger project. Meet with the County to see if they can delay the money for #47 until it is needed for this project. Suggest that the money be put toward the extension of #116 for now. Staff is to place this motion on the Council agenda for the meeting of November 25. Case #2: Update of Improvement Project #97-25 (Extension of C.R. #116) City Engineer Jankowski reminded the Road and Bridge Committee that on September 23, 1997, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the acquisition of property for the extension of C.R. /ti 16 between C.R. #56 and C.R. #83. It is staff's understanding that the City Council would like to see this project accelerated from its schedule of Fiscal Year 2000. He noted a letter to the County Engineer, included in the agenda, which portrays the City's position on this. He pointed out that we need to identify a funding source for the acquisitions. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that Anoka County has the money - we need to write a letter saying we will acquire the property. Mayor Gamec expressed concern about the cost for the appraisals and thought other firms may be less expensive. Mr. Jankowski pointed out the land to be acquired. He stated he would like to get some land banked and proposed that we would have some land available to swap. Mayor Gamec stated that this project is a great idea. Condemnation might add time and cost to the project so if we can come to an agreement on the road alignment and swap land, that would be taken care of. He stated he would like to leave out the wetland mitigation because he did not think banking is what condemnation was meant to do. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she would argue about banking. It's almost impossible to build a road without using a wetland. Tom Kurak, property owner, was present and suggested the land banking should be done elsewhere. He pointed out that he would like to change the shape of the parcel and pointed to another area he would be using for his own mitigation. Mr. Jankowski stated that we either have to have a replacement plan or buy wetland credits and he was not sure there are any available. Mr. Jankowski and Mr. Kurak agreed to meet to discuss Road and Bridge Committee/November 18, 1997 Page 4 of 7