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City Council Meeting Minutes May 1, 2018 Page 8 of 13 Other improvements would be complementary, but they should not be ways to avoid doing the underpasses. Councilmember Maloney asked how this fits into the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) which will have a long list of transportation needs. Director Kowar stated the TMP is a high level viewpoint of city needs with many projects. This project will be very specific to the needs of the South Boulder Road corridor and getting more information and more certainty on pricing. Councilmember Loo asked if we don't use the $75K from GOCO for this, could we use it elsewhere. Deputy City, Manager Davis stated narrowing the focus may beeacceptable. The grant application stated there would be three alternatives so if we reduced the scope of work it might change the funding level. Councilmember Leh stated people have spoken and they want an underpass. The proposal talks a great bit about public engagement; but we may not need that on this topic; we know what they want. Councilmember Keany stated there may be options other than an underpass that are financially feasible and we should not discount options that will make it safer to cross South Boulder Road. He stated we may not need the public outreach. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated his expectation is cost estimates for underpasses and other options not at -grade that may integrate into a longer term solution. Traffic will only get worse on South Boulder Road. We committed to the community that we would get a cost estimate on a tunnel and other options are also helpful. We should also look at bike lanes on South Boulder Road. At a minimum we would like estimates on underpasses at the two locations and any other options not at -grade. Director Kowar stated staff will have to justify the costs of these improvements so some public process will likely be needed to make sure we are on track. Mayor Muckle supported focusing on getting outcomes we know our citizens want; underpasses at Main Street and at Eisenhower. He noted the Main Street crossing could be very expensive; we should study our options there. Councilmember Stolzmann moved to give staff direction that two of the three designs be underpasses at Eisenhower and Main. Councilmember Maloney seconded. All in favor. Councilmember Keany asked if we find an overpass is significantly cheaper than an underpass that the information be included. Councilmember Keany moved to approve the contract with the amendments as directed by Council; Councilmember Stolzmann seconded.