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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />March 5, 2019 <br />Page 11 of 13 <br />trails regional connection at 104th Street. At the last minute, cost updates on the <br />underpass came in showing a large increase As such, staff also submitted a project for <br />South Boulder Road at -grade safety and intersection improvements. She asked Council if <br />all four applications should still be in the process or any removed from consideration <br />There is $15 3M available for all of Boulder County There are 23 applications totaling <br />$40M in requests. <br />Staff would like to get direction on the two South Boulder Road proposals and if Council <br />would want to keep both in If both are kept in and the underpass is funded it would <br />reduce the at -grade improvements that would be completed Staff would also like to know <br />where the projects fall in prioritization for Council <br />Mayor Muckle asked where the regional funding was allocated Deputy City Manager <br />Davis noted that was already allocated for a Hwy 119 project and State Hwy 7 <br />Councilmember Stolzmann, serving as Louisville's DRCOG representative, added this <br />new process recognizes regional impact. She is looking know if Council wants to continue <br />with the underpass at this price so she can argue what Council wants. That project is <br />similar in scope to a project funded last year in Boulder The City would need to be ready <br />to put up the match if chosen There are a lot of good projects proposed for the region <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated a wait list will be created if new funding becomes <br />available which should be considered <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked what the plan for an at -grade crossing project would be at <br />South Boulder Road It would help to understand if the at -grade project alleviates other <br />concerns He stated he is concerned with the cost of the underpass, it would take all the <br />transportation money we have for all of our other projects. He is concerned the at -grade <br />improvements add to congestion and travel time <br />Councilmember Maloney stated he prefers the at -grade solution, it addresses more <br />intersections on South Boulder Road for safety For the future list, he would like a way to <br />connect all the way from Hwy 36 to Lafayette on a path Deputy City Manager Davis <br />stated that will happen with the next step of the Transportation Master Plan <br />Councilmember Keany stated he agreed with Councilmember Maloney for the at -grade <br />option The underpass would be great at some point, but now it makes more sense to <br />address multiple intersections. He is not sure why we are giving funds to the Marshall <br />Road underpass. <br />Mayor Muckle agreed on the Marshall Road issue, Louisville already put in more than our <br />share on that area but if our funds bring it to fruition it might be worth it. <br />Mayor Muckle agreed with Councilmember Maloney on South Boulder Road that we can't <br />commit that much money to one location, the at -grade makes sense. <br />