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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />May 28 2019 <br />Page 4 of 7 <br />Underpass Projects <br />Mayor Muckle stated he is supportive of funding the underpass a Steel Ranch/Bullhead <br />Gulch with the cost increase, we have promised this underpass for a long time now <br />Councilmember Stolzmann would like to keep all of the underpasses on the list even <br />knowing we can't afford them all without new revenue <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated the Dillon/88th underpass seems like it's unnecessary <br />as there are other safe ways to cross the street nearby Libhart stated it was included to <br />help traffic flow and maintaining flow in the future and hold off upgrading capacity on <br />Dillon Members decided to leave this as a long-term goal <br />Members discussed their various opinions for prioritizing of the underpasses <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the at grade solutions are much cheaper and seem to work <br />in most communities He stated traffic flow is a key criteria for underpasses and we need <br />strict criteria for when we build an underpass <br />Councilmember Maloney stated he would like to use at grade solutions rather than <br />underpasses for South Boulder Road and Via Appia, South Boulder Road and Main <br />Street, South Boulder Road and 95th Street, and the Powerline Trail at Dillon He stated <br />that we should start with the at grade improvements before exploring underpass options <br />Councilmember Stolzmann would like to keep the underpasses in the plan and consider <br />asking the public for dedicated funding <br />Director Zuccaro stated the at grade improvements would happen first and an underpass <br />could be considered in the future Councilmember Maloney stated these community <br />requests are likely far too much to fund We need to set priorities for what we can do He <br />would keep them on the list, but far down on the priority <br />Mayor Muckle stated it is important to list the crossings we want to address whether it is <br />at grade or not; he would like to do what we can to keep the long-term projects on the list. <br />The consensus was to add underpasses to the list at South Boulder Road and <br />Eisenhower, Lake Park and Via Appia, Dillon Road and Powerline Trail, and the <br />Powerline Trail and Via Appia Keep them on the list for if/when we can afford them <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton would like a statement included with the list that the City will <br />pursue at grade upgrades first before going directly to underpasses and include the <br />general criteria of what is evaluated before an underpass is considered <br />