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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION—MAY 21,2001 2 , <br /> W <br /> volumes; politics and policy issues regarding right-of-way costs and other <br /> considerations. <br /> Mr. Wilson, working on the project design with MnDOT, distributed a bench <br /> handout addressing demographic growth; regional highway assumptions; I-35W <br /> Corridor assumptions/analysis; and the T.H. 10 "diagonal"analysis. <br /> Mr. Post referred to the recent Planning Case of CPI Guidant and their planned <br /> expansion and future additional employees. Mr. Benke noted that additional <br /> follow-up would be necessary to consider this source of additional traffic <br /> volumes. <br /> Carol Swensen, Senior Research Fellow with the University of Minnesota's <br /> Design Center for Architecture and Landscape Architecture, provided several <br /> observations from research compiled to-date. <br /> Councilmember Larson requested clarification on how the three scenarios under <br /> discussion had been created and the number of housing units per acre and how <br /> accurate the scenarios were in the TCAAP planning information being used. <br /> Jim Tolaas, Ramsey County Public Works, clarified for Mr. Wilson that the <br /> TCAAP/Highway 96 intersection was planned as a grade-separated interchange. <br /> Mayor Probst asked for clarification that the planned regional transportation <br /> development plan would not impact the residential streets in Arden Hills, a point <br /> of concern with the City Council from the beginning of the design process for the <br /> proposed plan. <br /> Councilmember Larson expressed further concerns that the section of Highway 10 <br /> between Highway 96 and I-35W doesn't need to serve as a shortcut between I- <br /> 694 and I-35W. He clarified his previous request of MnDOT that a model be <br /> prepared showing Highway 10 off I-694 to move up to north. Councilmember <br /> Larson stated that he couldn't support an overpass on Highway 96, thereby <br /> developing an isolated island in Arden Hills. He again requested a model design <br /> of what implications there would be if traffic were diverted, eliminating ramps <br /> connecting I-35W and the downgrading of Highway 10. <br /> The City's Consulting Engineer, Greg Brown, further clarified Councilmember <br /> Larson's request. <br /> Mr. Benke expressed the limitations due to working with existing roadways, <br /> rather than working from their inception. Mr. Benke left a preliminary copy of <br /> the TCAAP study provided by University of Minnesota students for the City <br /> Council's review. <br />