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1. RECAP AND FEEDBACK For this part of the discussion, staff would like to hear from Council on the following: . Reaction to the April 2 meeting . Reaction to the public input received to-date . Direction to staff/consultants as to any further follow-up that should take place as a result of the April 2 meeting 2. FINANCING STRATEGY Mayor Harpstead and I attended a meeting on Wednesday, April 11 to discuss funding strategy for the County Road H Interchange project as well as the Highway 10 and 96 project. At this time discussion is focused on legislative options (state and federal). There are a few actions that will likely need to take place in the near future. A timeline is being developed to further illustrate this process for Council. We will be prepared to provide a verbal update at the work seSSIOn. 3. NEXT STEPS Council needs to consider the desired process for moving ahead with this project. Ultimately, the Council has a series of decisions to make, the largest of which is determination of a preferred option. a. Process for determining a preferred option Since the ultimate goal is for the City Council to make policy decisions regarding this proj ect, and to select a preferred option for the intersection, staff and consultants need to know what the Council desires in terms of additional information, documentation, and input in order to assist you in the decision making process. One task you could authorize is preparation of a final report. This could simply be formal documentation of the process to date, which would ultimately include the final Council decision. The report would be written documentation showing a process was followed and what the outcome was. This could then be submitted to MnDOT and the County as the City's final decision. This would be a timely point in the process to order such a report, while information is fresh and recent. In addition, you could ask or direct that certain additional information be included in the report. To the extent you know what that information entails, you would include that when ordering the report. If there are other steps in the process the Council would like to add, we need to discuss those at the work session. Ideas would include additional public meetings, specific topics needing further study or analysis, or others the Council would like to see added. . Depending on the nature and scope of the requested items, these items could add a small to significant amount of cost, and is work not included in SEH's current contract and work plan