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Councilmember Zimmerman pointed out that the City is putting more money into this State road than the State is. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that the right-of-way will cost the City a lot of money. MnDOT said they will look for some money to purchase right-of-way. They said they would do something sooner. We talked about the Raudio and Foster property and we said there's $153,000 taxes due on this. That will be almost $1 million in taxes on this property. What we have to agree to here is no one will buy this. They agreed they would realign C.R. #5 and T.H. #47 and that they can begin that next year. Mr. Jankowski stated that 142nd Avenue would be full tums and C.R. #5/Xkimo would be full signal tums. There would be a median on Xkimo. Councilmember Haas Steffen complained about the median. The proposed buyer is a gas station and they will not buy it like that. We have not done anything to enhance this developer's land. This constitutes a taking and that costs the taxpayers more money. T.H. #47 is the only play we have and we need to hang on to it. Discussion ensued relating to the access for the Amoco Station and also the fact that improving T.H. #47 involves about five or six residential properties. Councilmember Haas Steffen cormnented that if this was conveyed for public purpose and the State did not use it, it would come back to the City. She added again that had she known what the City had previously done with regard to access, she would have been able to deal with it. She felt there is no sense to suggest that Raudio and Foster should apply for fight-of-way. Mr. Jankowski stated that, as late as 1996, we were talking about access. The T.H. #47 corridor plan allows for access to undeveloped property, however, access points must be a minimum of 600 feet from another access point. Mayor Gamec stated that the State still says no to accesses. Mr. Jankowski pointed out that MnDOT was part of the T.H. #47 corridor plan process. Councilmember Haas Steffen asked do we put our money into this and go forward with the plan and ask for more money for right-of-way, or do we go ahead with T.H. #47 and C.R. #5. She suggested someone better talk with Art Raudio and Rick Foster. In her opinion, if the City does nothing on this road, she would be in the grave by the time the State does something with it. They have no intention of doing any kind of improvement. Mayor Gamec felt that the City is really getting "nailed" on this project. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she would not mind spending $2,000,000 to get $3,000,000. Road and Bridge Committee/December 16, 1997 Page 4 of 8