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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Beyer, Peterson, Beahen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #13: Report from Road and Bridge Committee 1) Consider Applying to MnDOT fOr 1997 Local Initiative Program for the Construction of HighwaY Improvements on T.H. #47 between 142nd Avenue and C.S.A.H. #5 City Engineer Jankowski reported that the Road and Bridge reviewed a summary of projected improvements to T.H. #47 between 142nd Avenue and C.S.A.H. #5. The City will be constructing some improvements as well as the State and the County. We are looking at projects that would realign C.S.A.H. #5 with T.H. #47, the signalization of 142nd, and possible signalization of C.R. #5 and four lanes of traffic~ Mr. Jankowski had asked the consultants to give him a schedule of the costs and also the time table. The deadline to be considered for Fiscal year 1998 is by the end of December 1996. The projects would have to be defined as well as the participation planned. SRF has given us a schedule of October and an approximate cost of $25,000. Approximately $10,000 involves basic plan preparation that could be scaled back. Some of that work would be done anyway. The Road and Bridge Committee asked staff to bring this back with a list of funding sources and also to invite the consultants to attend the meeting. No action is required by Council. 2) Consider Adoption of Revised SnOw Removal and Ice Control Policy City Engineer Jankowski stated that the Snow Removal and Ice Control Policy have been revised and the Road and Bridge Committee reviewed the changes. Council has also had a chance to review the draft and no comments were made. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to adopt the revised Snow Removal and Ice Control Policy. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Beyer, Beahen and Peterson. Voting No: None. 3) Update on T.H. #47 Safety Improvement Project City Engineer Jankowski pointed out that, in March, he presented a summary of improvements currently proposed by MnDOT for construction in 1999. Some of the improvements include replacing the existing bridges at Trott and Ford Brooks, adding turn and bypass lanes to all intersections without them (the exception would be 177th Avenue), and milling and overlaying T.H. #47 with a new bituminous mat. Also, the property owner located on the sharp curve between 164th and 160th Lanes approached Mr. Jankowski and indicated his interest in selling property to MnDOT to flatten this curve. The project engineer has reviewed the alignment. He reports that the horizontal curve could be flattened out to a 60 MPH design curve by realigning approximately 700 feet of roadway. However, the speed limit, which has an advisory limit of 45 MI'H, could not be increased because the vertical alignment, which determines safe sight distance in this instance, would still be substandard from a 60 MPH design speed. To adjust the vertical grades to meet this standard would require construction along 1,600 feet of roadway which is significantly greater than the parcel offered for sale could provide. In addition, a project of this expanded scope would entail a considerable amount of etu'thwork and driveway grade adjustment. This proposal was deemed to be too large of scope to be feasibly included in this project. The project engineer has suggested that improvement to the existing conditions could be made by adding guardrail to the west side of the roadway, and by adding some superelevation to the curve as a part of the milling and overlay project. A decision has not yet been made on this, however, City Council/May 14, 1996 Page 9 of 12