10-17-2005 Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

L I Draft While Cass County Highway 14 is not currently within the Horace City limits, one could expect that a segment of it may come into the City of Horace at some future date. Cass County has undertaken a project to re-grade and surface Highway 14 from the Sheyenne River to 1-29. By years end the County will have spent about $1.5 million on the 2005 portion of the project. The planned 2006 asphalt surfacing is expected to cost an additional $2 million. Future annexations by the City of Horace of Cass 14 could cause the County to loose the ability to preserve the functional integrity of the highway. For this reason we can not help but pause to re-examine our desire to proceed with the 2006 asphalt surfacing project. As an alternative to the County Commission removing County Highways 14 and 17 from the County Highway system, a partnership could be considered between the City of Horace and Cass County. Under this partnership the County would continue to maintain these roads subject to certain conditions spelled out in an agreement. If the City would like the County to continue to fund these roads, we would welcome discussions to develop procedures and standards for the County's continued ownership of County highways within the City of Horace. Sincerely, Daryl Vanyo Chairman, Cass County Commission cc: Horace City Council Members l\Admin-Eng\Commission Corrsp\2005 Commission Conespondence\l1r City of Horace _ C17.doc