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Road Advisory Minutes-March 19,2001 1 ROAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE MARCH 19,2001--1:30 PM - I. MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Sorum called to order a meeting of the Road Advisory Committee at 1 :30 PM, Monday, March 19,2001, in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. The following members were present: Scott Wagner, Alon Wieland, Robyn Sorum, Keith Berndt, Dennis Rust, Jurgen Suhr and Rich Sieg. John Meyer, Donna Schneider and Mark Johnson were absent. 2. CITY OF AYR, Reauest for Main Street reconstruction Rand McLeod, Mayor of Ayr, and Matt Winsand, Arthur Elevator manager, were present to discuss their request. Mr. McLeod said the City of Ayr is requesting help to replace their main street in town, which is not a county road. He said with the elevator expansion, the traffic volume is expected to double. He said the elevator will bring that much more income into Cass County with the expansion. The city is requesting that main street be an alternate to County Road 3. The road is 3/8 of a mile long and 35 feet wide. Mr. McLeod said the road was last paved in 1958 and has a very thin asphalt layer remaining. Mr. Winsand said trucks now come off County Road 3 but with the expansion, the traffic will increase and will be using the whole stretch of the main street. He said the street will not be able to handle the extra weight and the city, with a population of 24, does not have the tax base to fund and maintain this project. ,.--. Mr. Berndt asked if the road is used for any through traffic and Mr. McLeod said local residents and those traveling to the elevator use main street. Mr. Wieland said the City of Leonard had a similar situation and requested funds from the county. He would like to see the decision the county reached with Leonard. He also suggested that he and other commissioners go to Ayr to look at the road in question. He suggested that this item be scheduled for consideration at a future Road Advisory meeting. Mr. Winsand asked when the Commission will make a decision. Mr. Wieland said if the Commission were to help with funding, a decision would have to be made by late July for budget purposes. 3. COUNTY HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR STUDY, Steerina committee to be established: studv oroiect descriotion aooroved Mr. Berndt referred to the description of the project included in the informational packet sent to committee members. He asked the committee for their continued support of the corridor study along County Highway 17 and suggested a steering committee be established with representatives from Fargo, West Fargo, Horace, Stanley Township, Barnes Township and Cass County to help with this process. He will ask each entity to provide a representative for this committee. He would like the committee to be in place after the proposal deadline in order to review the proposals together. MOTION, passed ,....... Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Sieg seconded to approve the Cass County Road 17 Corridor Study Project Description with Cass County as the lead agency and to authorize the County Engineer to establish a Highway 17 Study Steering Committee with representatives from Fargo, West Fargo, Horace, Stanley Township, Barnes Township and Cass County. Motion carried.