5.11. SR 02-23-2004I~em 5.11.
City/County Engineering Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Prepared by Terry Maurer
Attendees
Terry Maurer, Elk River City Engineer; Dave Schwarting, Sherburne County
Engineer.
County Road 44 Reconstruction Status
Dave indicated that he had reviewed the revised proposal from the City of Elk
River for the reconstruction of County Road 44 with the County Administrator.
Dave informed Terry that it was his opinion that the only workable format of
the proposal was the original one submitted to the City from the County,
which called for the City to take the lead on the project, including letting of the
project and entedng into the contract with the contractor. The pros and cons
of having the City Engineer take the lead on a County construction project
within the City limits were discussed. After that discussion, Terry asked Dave
if he would resubmit his original proposal to the City with a cover letter
indicating that this was the only acceptable format to the County and give the
City a reasonable time to respond positively or negatively.
Terry presented to Dave his preliminary findings relative to County Cost
Participation Policies. His preliminary findings included policies from Anoka,
Washington, Wright and Sherburne Counties. Terry also presented a
hypothetical urban county road construction project roughly fashioned after
the County Road 40 project (Cleveland Avenue) in the City of Elk River. The
preliminary findings showed that Sherburne County was far and away the
highest-rated county relative to the cost the City would bear for that
reconstruction. After reviewing the information, Dave indicated that when he
developed Sherburne County's policy, he had modeled it after other policies
he thought would show much higher city participation than Anoka,
Washington or Wright Counties. Terry asked Dave which counties he would
like to be added to this analysis. The counties Dave suggested were Carver,
Scott, Ramsey, and Dakota. Terry indicated that he would attempt to get
those counties' Cost Participation Policy and expand the analysis. Terry also
indicated to Dave that if he found any other information that he would like to
see on this analysis to forward that information to Terry and he would.include
it. Terry and Dave concluded the meeting by concurring that they would try to
formalize the comparison of Sherbume County's Cost Participation Policies
relative to other counties and have it ready for presentation to the next
monthly meeting at which the elected officials and administrators would
attend.
Next Meeting
The next Meeting would be scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2004.
Since it is a meeting to be attended by the elected officials and the County
and City administrators, the meeting will be held at the Sherburne County
Government Center at 3:30 p.m.
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