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Mr. Hovancsek said the other issue is the possibility of getting some State funding for <br />some of the cost of the road. It is his understanding there is no funding available for <br />private property. Since we have the cost breakdown we are at the point we can start <br />talking to the State and the County. <br />Mayor Rinker said the meeting he had with Mayor Swanson occurred dose to the time <br />that Allen Bradley announced they were moving out. When Wilson Mills was torn up <br />before, there was a coalition of a lot of businesses.in tfiat area that did a lot to facilitate <br />traffic flow. It was pretty successful and we are exploring the idea of maybe bringing it <br />back. My understanding from Mayor S?wanson, at least at that time, was that she did <br />not see much feasibility in pursuing this any further (especially with things so much up <br />in the air.) . ' <br />Mr. Hovancsek said Highland Heights was also waiting for the input (the dollar <br />figures) we are getting tonight from Mr. Chokel. He believes within the next week to 10 <br />ciays you will receive some response from Highland Heights. <br />Mr.'Chokel said the other element of new information is that we have sent a letter to the <br />traffic. The longer it takes, the more the traffic will be; each month there will be <br />another couple hundred more cars. <br />Mayor Rinker said he talked to Mr. Chokel today. Even before I went on vacation I was <br />County Engineer's Office to put them on notice that there is an issue they think the <br />County should support and help fix. He said he has been told that it will probably take <br />3 or 4 months once this is approved to do it and that the bid process might take another <br />30 to 60 days. Potentially, this could take 5-7 months. If it is done through the winter, I <br />am told that it extends further out. So, if we approve this tonight we would not have it <br />done until late spring. If all goes well, they will not break ground until after the winter <br />in which case we will have a lot of people moving in and the congestion will start to <br />form right at the fime #he construction is done. The only good news is that our move-in <br />date is staggered for the next year and a half. The sooner this gets done, the less the <br />made aware that you were trying to get together some figures. Council cannot act on <br />this and I don't think we can give any kind of green light other than we want to study it. <br />I was reluctant to present any information a couple of weeks ago because the initial <br />input I had from Steve Hovancsek said that the figures were totally out of kilter. <br />Tonight, it looks like we at least have something foundational to discuss. We will need <br />a lot of information. He is thinking about some type of committee because we must get <br />feedback on this. He does not see we can make any kind of commitment tonight.