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<br />Dallas Larson <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Doug Fischer [Doug.Fischer@co.anoka.mn.us] <br />Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:59 PM <br />DLarson@Centervillemn.com <br />John VonDeLinde; Lyndon Robjent; Rhonda Sivarajah <br />Re: MOU <br /> <br />The "subject to negotiation with affected property owners" refers to that when we have <br />excess property from a total buyout that is surrounded or adjacent to a parcel that we <br />also need to buy property from, we many times perform an "equal exchange". This is a <br />common practice and we're actually doing this now on the 14 project in Lino Lakes on the <br />other side of the interchange. <br /> <br />If you need a definitive answer on the crosswalk today, the answer is "No" there will be <br />not be any other crosswalks other than at Centerville Road and 20th Avenue. We will, <br />how~ver, as a part of final design evaluate any other intersectio0s the city wants to . <br />consider, but short of performing that analysis, the answer is "No". I do not have any <br />resources to commit to this effort outside of consultants to perform this analysis at this <br />time. <br /> <br />Because the cost of the entire project has risen substantially and the federal funds are <br />fixed, every entity in the project that would qualify for federal funds now has a higher <br />local share. The county's cost in this project is becoming very substantial as well for <br />all of the other items in this project and we are concerned about our ability to fund our <br />share of the project. I've left a voicemail message for John VonDeLinde our Parks <br />Director, but don't anticipate that they have any funds budgeted for participation in this <br />proj ect . <br /> <br />I will let you know if I hear anything differently. <br /> <br />Douglas W. Fischer, P.E. <br />County Engineer' <br />Anoka County Highway Department <br />1440 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW <br />Andover, MN 55304 <br /> <br />Phone: <br />Fax: <br />E-mail: <br /> <br />763-862-4213 <br />763-862-4201 <br />doug.fischer@co.anoka.mn.us <br /> <br />>>> "Dallas Larson" <DLarson@Centervillemn.com> 09/09/2005 3:55 PM >>> <br />Doug & Lyndon: <br /> <br />I have reviewed your letter and noticed that you slipped in an additional condition on the <br />transfer of property. You now include: "subject to negotiation with affected property <br />owners." This isn't going to be acceptable. <br /> <br />You need to give us a definite answer on the crosswalk issue. As I said at the meeting, if <br />you can figure out what is needed for a new interchange that will not be constructed for <br />years, you certainly should be able to determine now if a crosswalk can be included. This <br />is an important issue. <br /> <br />The cost of the trail is substantial. It may be that the Council will decide it is <br />unaffordable at this time and will ask to remove it from the plan. Originally the cost to <br />Centerville would have been 20%, now it <br />is almost 55%. This trail connects to Hugo and Lino Lakes and should <br />be part of the regional trail system. The best solution may be for the County Park <br />Department to fund this cost and get reimbursed from Metro Trail grants. <br /> <br />1 <br />