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Nays: 0 Abstain: 1 (Hodder) Motion carried. 5. Communication Items Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Jesse Freihammer provided a brief review and update on projects and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated October 25, 2022. Member Hodder asked about County Road B, one half of the road has the gas line and he wondered what is going to happen to the other half of the road. Mr. Freihammer explained as a part of the project the County replaced all of the concrete and put it back as asphalt so it looks different. The original plan was that next summer the County was going to finish the reconstruct and convert all of the asphalt but that project has been delayed one year and will look exactly as it is until 2024. hi 2024, the project will get a reconstruct where the concrete will be replaced from Snelling to Lexington where it will match into the asphalt. The asphalt that was put in this year the County will do a mill and overlay to blend into that. The City will be doing a watermain project as a part of that project between Dellwood and Merrill, which will be on the North side of the road. Between Snelling and Hamline the City will also be doing the watermain. Member Collins inquired regarding County Road B, at Dale and County Road B the County replaced the intersection in 2021 and put it back at a different pitch change in all the ADA area and he wondered if that will be addressed as well. Mr. Freihammer indicated he will have to look at the plans but did not think the County will be going to the intersection. He thought it was planned to go to just short of the intersection. Dale street is up for a mill and overlay in 2024 and that will go from Como to Hwy 36. He noted the City has heard about that issue. Chair Ficek indicated he had a question on the Neel project that is finishing up. He asked if this was through the County because it is mostly on County roads. He wondered if Neel had to get permitted by the County. Mr. Freihammer indicated that is correct. Both the City and County signed off on the permits. It was mainly working through the County. The original plan was to go down a City road but the City pushed it back on the County and did not want to have that going through a couple of residential neighborhoods that had also been recently redone. Chair Ficek thought in feedback to the County, their traffic control left a lot to be desired. Also, the sidewalks at times were blocked on both sides and a lot of kids use those going to and from the high school. Page 2 of 8