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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 10, 2011 Page 15 Roll Call (Super Majority) Ayes: McGehee; Willmus: Johnson; Pust; and Roe. Nays: None. 10. Presentations a. Receive County Road C-2 Cost Estimates Mayor Roe, in introducing this item, reminded the audience that this was a pres- entation by staff to the City Council, at the City Council's request for discussion purposes only at this time, on projected costs to make a connection of County Road C-2 between Lexington and Hamline Avenues. Mayor Roe advised that this was to provide an opportunity for questions and answers by the City Council and staff; however, he noted that he would recognize public comment following the presentation and City Council discussion, as long as they were specifically fo- cused on the presentation and not arguing the merits of opening or keeping C2 closed. Mayor Roe noted that this meeting had therefore not been formally no- ticed to affected property owners as a meeting where an action would be taken; and his suggestion to the City Council would be that the City Council take this is- sue under advisement following the presentation and any formal action be taken at a future meeting. • City Engineer Debra Bloom summarized cost estimates for two (2) different sce- narios as detailed in the RCA dated October 10, 2011, with the total cost estimate for Scenario 1 being $404,000; and the total cost estimate for Scenario II being $956,000. Ms. Bloom also briefly summarized the current City Assessment Poli- cy related to such a project; and Minnesota State Aid (MSA) funds available, as well as a summary of projects programmed over the next five (5) years and esti- mated MSA funds encumbered for those projects. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Ms. Bloom identified the width of County Road C at Griggs, exclusive of the right-of-way, as 32'. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Public Works Director Duane Schwartz advised that the funds currently available in the Pavement Management Plan (PMP) was approximately$12 million. Councilmember Willmus questioned if, in the past, the City had undertaken com- pletion of existing sections of rights-of-way without assessing them. Ms. Bloom advised that such segments were usually undertaken as part of a rede- velopment project, such as Josephine Woods Development and their installation of a new road, which will be paid 100% by the developer. Ms. Bloom noted that one exception had been the City's acquisition of rights-of-way in Twin Lakes.