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INFORMATION #2 03-24-1997-Sherbun. County Long Range Transportation Study Group Explores Future Possibilities Montibello said earlier this month. Schwarting says most of their work will be completed earlier, but the Long Range Transportation Plan won't be submitted to commissioners for approval until July. SRF has worked on trans- portation plans for Wright county, Mankato and other mu- nicipalities and counties. As pan of the study, they have projected that the heaviest Transportation to page 5. "Nothing has been set in stone yet," said Schwarting. "We're still listening to the gen- eral public and gaining input. During the Becker To~ship meeting two weeks ago, citizens expressed concern about par- ticular roads being addressed in the long-range plan. They will have the opportunity to voice their opinion at one of the up- coming meetings. The completed plan should be ready in about two months, By Jake Jacobsen '! announced open houses in April. '? Sherburne County Highway As County Commissioners !.Engineer Dave Schwarting said looked into the future through .: they will be scheduling open the crystal ball of their highway · houses at both ends of the road consultants recently, they ~county next month. saw: ~.'. The meetings will be held in A possible service road in ':9 early evening mid-April so Becker running parallel to.~, working people can attend, said Highway 10 in front of the NSP"q Schwartin. g: At the meetings plant connecting Co. Rd 8 to they anticipate gaining more Co. Rd. 11. A collector road in Big pul~lic input and dispelling in- formation they've already gath- Lake, just north of Lake Mitch- ~. e. red. ell connecting Co. Rd. 15 to Co. Rd. 73. An east-west connection in i Elk River between School St. J~ and Co. Rd. 33. to collect traf- .~: hc from new northern develop- ments directed toward schools and downtown. There may also be a north~ south road running parallel to ?' tt~3,. 169 in Elk River as a wid- ened extension of Co. Rd 13, which is just east of H~3,. 169. '. These were all concepts that were presented by Dave Monte-: belle of SRF Consulting Group of Minneapolis and his staff Wednesday afternoon. SRF has been hired by the Sherburne County Highway De- partment to prepare a trans- portation plan. Cost for their services is $65,000, $30,000 of~ which is being paid by the Min-.4 nesota Department of Trans-i portation (MNDot). 7.~ . The consultants began theirs,' :malysis last August and hope to have a presentation read), for., "Sherburne County Commissioners review pending County Transportation Plan. (Left- Right) the public at yct-to-bc- R~y Fried/, Terry Nagorski, Betsey Wergin, Arne Engstrom and Mike Johnson. . .. Transportation from page 1. traveled traffic 'roads will be Highxvays 10 and 169. Northbound County Road 25 in Becket, County Road 5 'in Big Lake and Co. Rd. I in Elk · River are described as minor ar- terial routes. They are all proj- ected to become major traffic routes. Before the study is com-' pleted, SRF plans to meet with the various school representa- 'fives to gather their thoughts about traffic patterns. Another important factor is the sharing'of jurisdictions, which means a coordinated ef- fort to have the various state, county, city and township gov- ernments be responsible for maintenance. In some instances there could be egchanges of owner- ship of roads between the juris- dictions. Promoting road continuity between counties is anofl~er concern to be addressed. Controlling traffic growth, safety and understanding by the public are all important aspects .of the plan, said County Admin- cq hi hi IL T I CITY OF .,,K RIVEfl, · ~HA~RDUIiNI'; COUNTY, N CRAPIII~ .S~ ALII F FINAL PLAT John Oli;,ur &. Aeeooiat'ee ~,~RIDAY, MARCH 28, 1997 SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS Street repair nOw in sight STILLWATER' Public works officials call the streets in Stillwater's South Hill ST.. PAUL when the neighborhood ~om- '!980s~ but scrapped the project.,· neighborhood the worst in the city. i plained about the high cost. But better streets appear to be on the way. The city council has ~- ~. · ' · ,, erty owners paid for everything, \ given tentative approval to S/~iith'~i Hill street reconstruction this ~. :~.i'i";~.i: summer, a project estimated to ~ :~ ~ being paid for with a city-,wide tax cost about $1 million. · ' ~/~: 'ii-. :f ~ levy. That makes the assessments "Some of'those streets are' 80 ·~" ~ 'more affordable." years old and in very bad shape," i.?' The assessments are expected to city engineer Klayton Eckles said be about $6,000 per residence. Thursday. "They have been . ~:~ Homeowners would have the op- patched year after year." .. I · tion of paying in installments over The city initially propOsed re- ~AR-E5-97 14:42 FROM:MN SPORTS FEDERATION 6122411?36 T0:4417425 PAGE:O1 MINNESOTA SPORTS FEDERATION 592 Dodge Avenue · Elk River, Minnesota 55330-2886 Office (612) 241-1789 · Fax (612) 241-1736 To: Attention: Comments: From: You should have received a total of.__..~__~ pages Including thla fax cover sheet .M~-25-~7 14:42 FROM:MN SPORTS ~EDERqT!ON 61224!I?~6 T0:4417425 PA~E:82 Cit~ River December 4. 1996 Mr. Perry Coonce Executive D/rector 'M~nnesota Sports Federation 592 Dodge Avenue NW ELk River, Minnesota $5330 Dear ?erry: ~/~ ~.~ It is with great pleasure that the City of Elk River welcomes ~he Mi~esoCa Spor~s Federation ~o our commu~. As you ~ow, the E~ ~ver City ~uncfl ~mously approved the Iet~r of inten~ between ~he ciW and the Minnesota Sports Federation at i~s November 18, 1996, mee~g. TMs letter or'tent ~ca~s that. aes~ing ~ goes well with the Minnesota ' Sports Federa~on's fun~smg efforts, the ~ w~ offer ~F sM plus acres for the development of a 59,000 aquae foot spor~ center. ~ts of work needs to done by both parties in the ne~ furze, but we ~e opt~tic that MSF c~ break ~o~d on its new fac~w ne~. The MSF spots center w~ pro.de a wonderful °pPortu~W for local youth ~d ad~t recrea~on progr~g and ~ q~y become a foc~ po~t of our comm~ty for sport~g events. With yo~ exce~ent ~tory ~d qu~ s~, the city is co.dent that it ~ not be long before MSF ~ be mo~g in~ Phase II and Phase HI of i~ long range plus. ~e city ~ particularly excited about the furze development of an outdoor recrea~on field complex tha~ ~ comp~ent the spor~s cen~r. ~e ~ty looks forward to a long ~d mutu~y benefici~ rela~onsMp with MSF. If ~here is anythin~ the ci~ can do ~ help you accomp~sh your goals, please make s~e you contac~ me ~me~a~ly. Ve~ :r~y yours. , Mayor ~a~ Duitsman City o~ E~ ~ver River Mobile Home IssUe Addressed Again By JoY Scherber .. .inance xn response to the needs of Residents of Elk Terrace Mo- the residents of Elk Terrace Mo-. bile Home Park were at last · :bileH°me Park. '. Monday's City Council Meeting,. :..:' The ordinance gives residents hoping to find an end to the itwo choices-to sell their mobile hardship they have faced since home or take relocation costs to receiving notice that'the park', imove their home to another was closing and residents needed -~':; location.. to find a new place to hve. ' . ' Residents discussed concerns Council members passed' a "about the ordinance. mobile home park closing ordi- i..One resident, Heather Ber.gmann, addressed the council saying, "the city is going to make loads of money on tax revenues, you know it. I mean, our property is going to be de- . veloped, the farm behind us is going to be developed, suppos- edly rumors to be made into a golf course." ."I mean, you guys are going .to be making loads of money. How much is Earl selling the place for? And then, when the developer finally gets it, I mean, he's making loads of money." "Why, why do we have to get screwed? We're the residents of Elk River that chose to live here." Mayor Hank Duitsman asked, "is this going to be a Mobile to page 4. Mobile from page ! hardship on all of you? Deft- nitely, it's going to be a hard- ship. Anytime you have to move, or find a new location, it's her addressed his concerns that "a lot of people, or people who moved into newer homes, were under the impression, they. were told, that they were gotn$ to have another park to move xnto, and that's why they moved in, and now it's closing." Farber later added that even ' xvith the appraisals, some resi- dents would still end up eight to ten thousand dollars short. "That would be a great tragedy," he said. Council Member Daryl Thompson was concerned that after the homes were appraised, some residents might only have 30 days to find a place to live. Cc;uncil members voted to extend the 30 day time frame in the ordinance to 60 days, allow- ing residents more time to make a decision as to where they were going to live. Fraser was very pleased With the ordinance. "This ordinance is by far the most 'resident-friendl? park closing ordinance m Ivlinnesota." "This is the only park closing ordinance in Minnesota that pays residents the appraised value of their homes," Fraser added. "The Elk River City Council mandated that residents who do move their homes be reimbursed for the costs involved in moving their home and of all 'hook-up' charges, as well as receiving money to cover the costs of moving all of their personal be- longings," commented Fraser. "No other park closing ordinance in Minnesota guaran- tees that these personal expenses will be covered," she added. "We're happy with the ordi- nance," said Elk Terrace resident Heather Bergmann. "The city could have decided not to do anything." . Bergmann went on to add, "we didn't get everything we wanted", but seemed to be Only four other cities in Min~ nesota have mobile home park closing ordinances: Blooming- ton, Hopkins, Lake Elmo and Mounds View. All Parks Alliance for Change (APAC) Organizer Beth pleased overall xvith the ordinance. "The Elk Terrace APAC members were instrumental in persuading the Elk River Ci~ Council to pass this historic park closing ordinance," said Fraser.