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4NNES0.. Minnesota Department of Transportation Transportation Building 395 John Ireland Boulevard oFT 0, 4 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155 -1899 December 13, 2010 Mayor Stan Harpstead City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 RE: Municipal Consent for Interstate 694 at TH 10 Snelling Ave Dear Mayor Harpstead: 1 am responding to the city of Arden Hills' letter of October 27, 2010, concerning the Arden Hills City Council resolution disapproving the final layout for the 1 -694 at TH 51 and TH 10 project that was submitted by Mn /DOT to the city for municipal consent under Minnesota Statutes, sections 161.162 161.165. Mn /DOT appreciates Arden Hills' participation in the proposed 1-694 bridge replacement project. Arden Hills has cooperated with and assisted Mn /DOT in the development of the geometric layout. The city's contribution has improved the project to its current design. The proposed 1 -694 at TH 51 and TH 10 project is critical to future mobility in one of the state's busiest interstate corridors. The project will eliminate one of the region's most notorious traffic bottlenecks; improve traffic flow and safety; eliminate mainline weaving movements and provide system continuity on 1 -694, TH 51 and TH 10. This project will reconstruct nine bridges on 1-694 from west of Victoria Street to west of CSAH 76 in Arden Hills. Given the importance of the 1 -694 project to the region and the state, Mn /DOT will pursue actions necessary to keep the project on schedule for beginning construction in 2011. With this letter, Mn /DOT initiates the municipal consent appeal process as outlined in state law, by submitting to the city Mn /DOT's appointee, Mr. Greg Ous, Assistant Division Director for Operations Division, to the three member municipal consent appeal board. Please identify your appointee so the appeal process can move forward as quickly as possible. Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 161.164, we intend to focus the appeal process on the city's specific requests for modifications to the project's final layout. The law provides that the third member of the Appeal Board will be selected by mutual agreement between the city and Mn/DOT. If we cannot agree, Mn/DOT will ask the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court to appoint the third member. The law requires that the Chief Justice An Equal Opportunity Employer