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City Council Meeting Minutes April 19, 2016 Page 6 of 17 Council member Leh noted this underpass was in addition to the one at Via Appia and agreed to improvements to the pedestrian experience, but wanted an underpass. Council member Loo felt citizens wanted the underpass at Main. She did not want to raise expectations that can't be met. Land is not owned except at Via Appia There are not sufficient dollars in the budget available to support this underpass with acquiring land and construction costs. For now, make the area more pedestrian friendly in the ways you can. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton thought it would be highly desirable to have an underpass at or near Main Street and South Boulder Road. If raised as a priority in the list, staff could work to acquire funds. Council member Stolzmann felt the underpass was worth putting in the plan, so the design, options and funding could be explored and see if it could get done. She agreed it would be expensive and would compete with other priorities, but felt it made sense to have an underpass at this location. City Manager Fleming recollected the issue of property ownership precluded the underpass in this area. He wanted to make sure something was not going back into the plan which Council previously did not want Council member Leh agreed there were competing priorities for capital projects. Timing would be an issue, but an underpass needs to be in the plan. All of this would be subject to cost, engineering and ownership issues. Council member Maloney respected the pragmatic approach, but felt ideally the underpass needs to be in the plan because it would add value to the corridor Council member Stolzmann remembered when Council tabled the Main Street re- alignment. The property owner gave a presentation for a proposed redevelopment plan which included an underpass. She felt the re- alignment of Main Street was what was tabled, not the underpass. Mayor Muckle felt the way it would become affordable was because of the land acquisition as part of a redevelopment of the property. He noted it would be very expensive to build by ourselves in the next 3 -5 years. If seeking federal and state funds there would need to be money for design and cost projections which is not a quick process. He felt it was a very valuable project for the City and wanted to include it in the plan so it could continue to be worked towards. Planner Robinson asked if Council wanted to add it to the implementation table as well. The answer was yes.