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I I I Council Meeting Minutes July 13, 1993 Page 7 Council Business. continued Benke thank,ed the commission and is delighted with their work. '~ Rebelein endorses the project. Jeanettasaid the City will apply for a grant from the Cable Commission for about $2,000 to defray the equipment costs. Motion by Rebelein, seconded by Larson, to ACCEPT THE CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION ON EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CABLE BROADCASTING AND TAPING DONE FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 3 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried. City Engineer Les Proper presented the Silver Lake Road Reconstruction Project. Previously, Council approved the project contingent upon the reduction of the speed limit on Silver Lake Road from 40 to 35 mph. MN/Dot studied the request and denied the speed limit reduction. The following recommendations are for Council consideration: reapprove the project and any other modifications; approve the Cooperative Agreement for plans and specification preparation; and approve the agreement with Strgar.Roscoe-Fausch (SRF) for engineering services. Proper reviewed the conditions contained in the previous approval: roadway between 7th and 5th St. and Co. Rd. E and Silver Lane be a four lane 52 ft. wide sections with left-turn lane widening at intersections; roadway between 5th St. and Co. Rd. E be a four lane 66 ft. wide section with 14 ft. landscaped medians with openings and left.turn lanes at 3rd St. and the north entrance to the old Country Club store; Forestdale/7th St. intersection be aligned for right and left turns with "facing turn lanes"; permanent closing of 8th St.; traffic signals installed at Windsor Lane S. and 3rd St. and signals operated on a coordinated basis to promote 35 mph speed; Windsor Lane N. would be closed off with a center median requiring left turns to use Windsor Lane S.; City's consultant work with Council and residents between 5th and 7th St. to determine if left turns be allowed from the center lanes or if a narrow median be installed to prevent left turns from driveways; City's consultant work with Council, Windsor Green Association and other residents on the landscaping of boulevards and medians; undergrounding of NSP power lines if economically feasible; water drainage from Co. Rd. E be carried to existing storm sewer on Silver Lane; roadway in front of Windsor Green be shifted as far west as practical; and project design show sensitivity towards homes along the sag vertical curve north of 3rd St. by holding the grade of the northbound lanes as close as practical to existing road grade. Council Business CAC Recommendation for Equipment Report 93-197 Silver Lake Road Reconstructi on Project Report 93-198