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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-03-22 Council Minutes40 0 ROAD COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 22nd, 1978 A meeting of the Road Committee of the M D of Kneehill was held on March 22nd 1978, commencing at 1 30 P M , with the following present Mr Monty McGregor Alberta Transportation Mr Gerry Mazurek, Alberta Transportation Mr L 0 Mr W E Mr G I Mr R W Mr R G Mr G A Mr T A Mr J C Hastland C N Jubien C N Neave C N Brown, M D Of Campbell, M D Berdahl, M D Ferguson, M D Jeffery, M D R R R Kneehill of Kneehill of Kneehill of Kneehill of Kneehill Mr Mazurek opened discussions and advised Council that due to the life span of the structure he felt that a a 50 foot opening would be better than the 36 foot opening Mr Mazurek and Mr McGregor explained that only approximately 1400 feet of road construction would be included in the structure and this was estimated at $32,215 00 Cost sharing of the structure was then discussed and some points discussed were as follows. 1 Old formula for cost sharing was 50% Grade Crossing Fund 122% Railway and 372% Road Authority 2 No new formula as yet been established for the new fund U T A P (Urban Transportation Assistance Program) 3 C N R cost to replace present strucure as is 12' x 20' opening is approximately $80,000 00 4 Mr Mazurek explained the road authority would not allow the C.iY R to build such a structure and that such a structure is not consistent with the railway act 5 It was suggested to contact R C M P for a record of accidents at this location 6 Suggested letting C T C assist us in determining the cost sharing percentages 7 Mr Hastland of C N R suggested cost sharing as follows 50% Grade Crossing Fund 25% Road Authority and 25% C N and further stated if he had a letter to this effect C N would be willing to push the project quicker 8 Mr Mazurek stated he felt his department would suggest rise in our share of the cost of the structure but not in tl-e road construction 9 Mr Mazurek asked that he and Mr McGregor and Mr Kathol be forwarded copies of all further correspondence with C N along with copies of this report After further discussions it was agreed as follows by all present A letter to be written to C N advising that our Council is agreeable to a cost sharing arrangement regarding C N R estimate of March 21st, 1978, in the amount of $443 215 00, for a 50' road width and 18 7'vertical clearance Our Council is willing to share costs of the above mentioned project as follows- 25% M D of Kneehill to a maximum of $125 000 00 25% to C N R and trust that the balance of the funding will be received from the Federal Government The meeting adjourned at 4 00 P M �� Municipal Administrator