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