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City Council Meeting Minutes March 6, 2007 Page 3 of 11 Mayor Sisk and the City Council recognized and expressed their gratitude to Sergeant Miller and Officer Muzzipapa. STATE HIGHVVAY 42 TRAFFIC & ACCESS STUDY Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Public Works Director Phare 19xplained the purpose of the State Highway 42 Traffic and Access Study is to provide the City with a preliminary evaluation of the potential impacts of widening State Highway 42 to four lanes between Paschal Drive and Locke StrE~et. The Study considers four design concepts and identifies Alignment 'C' as the final recommended concept for State Highway 42. He noted for the record, corre~spondence was received from Wayne K., Rollin E. and Genevieve H. Anderson, and the Deborski family relative to the Highway 42 Traffic and Access Study. He introduced Mr. David Woolford, from Carter Burgess, who made a PowerPoint presentation. David Woolford, Carter BurgE~ss, 707 1 ih Street, Denver, CO reviewed the SH 42 Access Control Plan/lGA between Lafayette, Boulder County, COOT and the City of Louisville. He summarized the public process and gave a brief overview of the environmental impact. He outlined the Access Control Plan and its conclusions, and noted the potential for signalized intersections at Paschal, Hecla and Short Street, new three-quarter turn accesses and future roadway improvements, which include four through lanes. There are four alignment concepts; A through D. Alignment 'C' proposes the acquisition of right-of-way from the east side of State Highway 42 in cooperation with Boulder County Open Space within the redevelopment area. The Study makes recommendations regarding future roadway and driveway access along State Highway 42 within the City limits of Louisville, which will be coordinated with the Colorado Department of Transportation (COOT) as the Access Control Plan for State Highway 42 is updated. The BNSF/FasTracks Rail Crossing proposes 4 trains per hour per direction, a total of eight per hour. The main issue is not capacity but queuing of vehicles. South Boulder Road would have the 2nd highest vehicle traffic on an at-grade crossing on this FasTracks line. Solutions included equal spacing of trains; signal timing shift delays to Main Street, 3rd lane EB on South Boulder Road, or new technology to allow train speed to fit the signal. Public Works Director Phare noted with respect to Alignment "C" and how it affects Boulder open space, a City Staff member met with COOT regarding general management of construction projects on state highways. There was discussion that Boulder County open space could have a special designation