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8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CAPITAL AVENUE WIDENING PROJECT AND ITS EFF�CT ON HALL COUNTY VETERANS PARK Matt Rief with Olsson and Associates displayed aerial pictures of the proposed project. 5tarting at Webb Road Capital Avenue will have 5 lanes. This is a safety issue. There will also be a hike and bike trail an the north sid� all the way to Ashley Park and there will also be a new gravity sanitary sewer system. The roadway will be widened on the south side only 2 to 3 feet but will increase on th� narth side 26 feet. They are hoping to save the trees in the park. The impact on the Veterans Park will be on the side walk and some of the memorial bricks that that may have to be relocated. The sewer project is ta start in 2014 and road project will not start until 2015 and there ar� federal dollars that will be available. Scott Griepenstroh was also present and they will take care of the maintenance on the bike trail. They will need the right of way for the sanitary sewer and some electrical easements and at this time they may have to remove one tree in the park and two trees at the veterans club. Ms. Lancaster stated that the board needs to address the issue who needs to sign off on the project. McFarland questioned the lett�r and stated that St�ve Riehle had express�d come concerns. Deputy County Attorney Sarah Jahnsan stated that Mr. Zitterkopf wauld like to address same items with the county board and requested that the board address this issue in 2 weeks. Mr. Sherlock pointed out that there are 2 projects the widening of the road and also the sewer prvject and it will have more of an impact. He a�so questioned th� overhead power lines and asked if they were going to consider burying the lin�s. Mr. Rief stated that there was discussion regarding this but the cost would be double and it takes Ionger. There will also be the issue of the easements and they will be doing some trench boxing and same micro drilling under Broadwell Street and the railroad tracks. They will be coming back to address the easements. They want to sav� most of the trees in the park. Deputy County Attorney Sarah Johnson requested that the board wait on this because they want to address some issues in the letter. Mr. Rief stated that he does not have a problem waiting for 2 weeks. 10. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON MEMBERSHIP TO SOUTH CENTRAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (AUDIT COMMITTEE) — Ms. Lancaster stated that since the last meeting she did some checking an the variaus economic dev�lopment districts and also Mr. Ferguson provided infarmation from Mark Wortman that it is no longer required to belong to an economic development district to be etigible for a certain line of grants. There are some concerns and Mr. Ferguson feels that there is some value but it is the County Board's decision. Mr. Schuppan stated that board needs to review the issue; they have the jurisdiction and consider the alt�rnative opportunities. He noted that Wood River is currently working on a project and there was some concern what wauld happen if Hall County dropped out of the district. He suggested continuing the memb�rship for this year and see if th�re were any improvements. Mr. Quandt stated that we currently contribute $4Q,000.00 to Grand Island Economic Development and is concerned that there may not be any changes. Arnold stated that this is good information. When we joined we made a commitment and there S