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DRAFT <br />-ARQEN_HILLS <br />Approved: December 9, 2019 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />NOVEMBER 18, 2019 <br />5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council <br />Work Session at 5:00 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave <br />McClung and Steve Scott <br />Absent: None <br />Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Interim Public Works Director/City <br />Engineer Todd Blomstrom; Communications Coordinator Dawn Skelly; Finance Director <br />Gayle Bauman; Community Development Manager/City Planner Mike Mrosla; City Clerk <br />Julie Hanson; Mark Lindeberg of MnDOT; Bob Bierwerth and Zach Haeg of Johnson <br />Controls; Ted and Jake Brausen of Brausen Arden Hills Shell; and Paul Stone of Stone <br />Construction <br />1. AGENDA ITEMS <br />A. MnDOT Study — Snelling Avenue/Highway 51 <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated City staff has received <br />multiple inquiries from residents regarding the closure of the center median access from <br />southbound Highway 51 to Hamline Avenue in Arden Hills. MnDOT temporarily closed this <br />access as part of the I -35W project and has indicated its intent to consider making the closure <br />permanent. City staff has requested that Mark Lindeberg describe the future study process to <br />determine if the temporary access closure at Hamline Avenue should become a permanent closure <br />or be restored following completion of the I -35W project. Staff also requested that Mr. Lindeberg <br />describe the public engagement process that will occur during the MnDOT study to allow for <br />resident participation and input. <br />Mark Lindeberg, North Area Engineer with MnDOT, commented on the plans MnDOT had to <br />study access along Highway 51. He reviewed the project background noting work began in late <br />2014 with work beginning on the TMP (Traffic Management Plan) in 2017. He discussed the <br />impacts on the local traffic patterns that were being considered. He reviewed the crash data for <br />