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Road Advisory Minutes-March 17, 2008 ROAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE MARCH 17,2008-2:00 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Vern Bennett called a meeting of the Road Advisory Committee to order at 2:00 PM on Monday March 17, 2008, in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. Members were present as follows: Vern Bennett, Ken Pawluk, Robyn Sorurn, Scott Wagner, Darrell Vanyo, Keith Berndt, Rich Sieg, Jurgen Suhr, and Scott Saewert. Absent was Mark Johnson. 2. CASS COUNTY HIGHWAY 17 AND HIGHWAY 6, Discussion and action reqardinq reqardinq alternatives for intersection Mr. Berndt said in February the committee deferred action on the intersection of Cass County Highway 17 and Cass County Highway 6 (52nd Avenue South) to allow additional time to obtain more information regarding options for the intersection. He distributed a handout outlining the following options: 1) Construct a modern roundabout at original location with a projected cost of $241,000. Would require complete reconstruction when road is converted to a 4 lane urban section. 2) Construct a roundabout in permanent location with a projected cost of $241,000 plus $190,000 equaling $431,000. Would save $270,000 in future reconstruction costs over option 1 . 3) Construct conventional (non-signalized) intersection $164,000. Would require signals at a future date at an additional cost of $175,000 and widening when road goes to 4 lanes. 4) Do nothing $0. Would require future construction of some form of intersection. Mr. Berndt also added that West Fargo and Cass County entered an agreement when county 17 was turned over to West Fargo north of 52nd Avenue, West Fargo agreed to provide $250,000 toward the reconstruction of the intersection. The county would pay initial construction costs and bill West Fargo for reimbursernent. Rick Lane and Eric Bach, SRF Consulting presented a colored rnap and an analysis of additional information compiled from further study on the intersection. If a single-lane roundabout were constructed on the ultimate alignment with the current county 17 improvement project, portions of the ultimate county 17 project could be utilized with the single-lane roundabout and upgraded to a double-lane roundabout when required by traffic flow. The proposed roundabout was placed on the ultimate county 17 alignment and the current 52nd Avenue alignrnent to allow for use of the existing bridge. Impacts on the project include: acquiring 8,300 square feet of additional net right of way plus relocation of a building with an estirnated cost of $40,000; 600 feet of additional full-depth reconstruction on county 17 approximate cost $150,000. Bringing the total additional project cost to the current county 17 to an estimated $190,000. Benefits to constructing the roundabout in the ultimate location with the current county 17 project include: purchasing right of way in 2008 saving approximately $65,000 based on 5% appreciation over a 10 year period; the entry and exit radii on the approach