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City Council Minutes October 1, 2019 Page8of10 ----------------------------- the return rate for the City was only around 50% which is why she is ramping up communications outreach this year. 11. Other Business 11.1. Patriot Avenue Redesiqn Council Member Swanson suggested redesigning Patriot Avenue starting with an earliest possible time, before we dissipate all of the funds and before the price tag goes sky high. She noted it will take a year to design and receive community input. Council Member Pederson agreed and asked Tim Houle if there was a pencil drawing or a rough draft. Mr. Houle stated that the City would want to start with some kind of input. Council Member Pederson suggested using the Traffic Study as a guide. Discussion ensued about the useful life of Patriot Avenue and money saving methods. Council Member Pederson talked about getting engineering plans or pencil drawings and said the Planning Commission is looking at the Downtown Plan and the Park Commission is looking at park plans which includes reducing the width of roads. He suggested we start looking at redesigning Patriot Avenue. Andrew Birch agreed that something needs to be done with Patriot Avenue and discussed how the road does not fit the community and the use that it has right now. Discussion ensued about the current uses of the road, including commercial traffic. Council Member Pederson asked if it would be out of line to ask Mr. Houle to give an estimate and maybe we can add it to the budget or do something for next year. Ms. Malecha stated that with all the projects pending, City Staff may be unable to fit this in for next year. Discussion ensued about the budget and using the Highway 371 funds for the design. � Andrew Birch suggested since the City is revising the Downtown Plan that as a community we would come together and have a better sense of what we want to do before we turn it over to the experts. He stated that the