2A, MnDot I694TH 51 Improvement Project Municipal Consent Discu

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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL March 10. 2008 9 Mayor Harpstead stated his concern with this type of methodology was that it did not tie the components directly together. By laying these items out separately, they may only get one or two of the items approved and all the items are really linked together. He also stated that he did not like the assumptions that were sometimes made regarding the grade separation impact on either the width of the road and/or the crossing for pedestrians. He would be willing to consider a trail on one side of County Road 96 not necessarily both and does favor a solution that would be beneficial to the City in the future, not something that is necessarily driven by the desires of the City today. Councilmember Grant stated that Mn/DOT should have a responsibility strictly from the Interstate 694-35E to 35W project to do noise mitigation and favors pulling that out of the document and making it a separate item. He also stated that when moving to project #2 they need to be careful not to lose some of the concepts from project 41, more specifically the concept of noise mitigation. He stated that he does agree that the concept of noise abatement was not stated strongly enough in the document, the concept of a signalized intersection as part of a phasing is not addressed at all, and there were four members of the Council who wanted that included. Councilmember Grant would like to have the first line of the document to read: The City reviewed three projects that have potential impact on residents. Councilmember Holden stated that she did not agree with Councilmember Grant's statement because the City had not reviewed the Interstate 694, 35E to 35W project. Mayor Harpstead suggested that rather than going through the specific language of the document at this time they should capture the thought that these are not necessarily the City's projects and that the Council has not reviewed them all because some of them are still in phases. Councilman Grant stated that two members of the Council, Councilmember Holden and Councilmember Grant, had reviewed the Interstate 694, 35E to 35W project. Councilmember Holden stated that one of the main reasons for the Alpha Bridge was to also maintain access from Arden Manor and item 93 talks generally about the TCAAP property but does not talk about existing parcels that the City has and she would like to see this integrated into item #3. Mayor Harpstead stated that he would like to see item #3 include the Scherer Brothers business. Councilmember McClung stated that he would like to see item #3 include access into the northern half of Arden Hills that is north of 694 should the City have a flyover at Highway 10 and County Road 96 that takes away local access. Mayor Harpstead stated that this was already included with the preservation of full access between Highway 10 and County Road 96.