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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JUNE 28, 1999 13 . Ms. Diane Rushenburg, 3168 Shorelinc Lane, stated tl1at she has made a few calls to tl1e City in order to gain an understanding of the casement and find out what her options are. She indicatcd that she is not trying to hold up thc development and she is not being unrealistic. She felt that she would be toolish to sign an agreement allowing access across hcr property without having a full understanding of the situation and what hcr options are. Ms. Jody Hilgers, 1532 Briarknoll Drive, stated that she came to the meeting to hear the proposal regarding thc US Highway 10 and Highway 96 intersection. She indicated that she lives at the southcast portion of this intcrsection and she was interested in the Council's strategy on how tl1e Minnesota Dcpartment of Transportation's objective to handle the traffic volume on US Highway 10 will affect the neighboring residential properties. . Ms. Hilgcrs agrecd witl1 Councilmember Malone's comment that perhaps the City should be challenging thc Minnesota Department of Transportation to do something to improve tl1e interchange at Highway 694 and 135-W. She was concerned by the comments that the Minncsota Department of Transportation plans to do somcthing with the Highway 694 and US Highway 10 interchange, however, no one really knows what these plans are. Consideration should bc given to how much money the Minnesota Department of Transportation plans to spend on the Highway 694 and US Highway 10 interchange, the Highway 96 and US Highway 10 interchange, and the Highway 96 and 135- W interchange. The City should take a look at why it would want to encourage continued volumes of traffic through residential Arden Hills, which would decrease property values, rathcr than challenging the Minnesota Department of Transportation to improve thc Highway 694 and 135- W interchange. Mayor Probst stated tl1at tl1is is what the City has been attempting to do. Within the Transportation Improvement Program, thcre is a process by which projects must gct into this program in order to be funded and scheduled for construction. The latest document indicates that tl1e first work scheduled for the Ardcn Hills area is the Highway 694 overlay. All other projects are more than 10 years out. The City has challenged the Minnesota Department of Transportation to give the City some options; however, tl1e Minnesota Department of Transportation has not looked at tl1is situation in this level of detail. The City took on some advanccd engineering work to try to undcrstand what could happen. Mayor Probst stated tl1at there is a lot more work which needs to be done, however, the City is not convinced at tllis time that it wants to spend General Fund dollars for these projects. One other vehicle which may providc help to the City of Arden Hills is thc I-35W Corridor Coalition which is currently looking at l-35W and its related transportation issues. Mayor Probst stated that tl1e people who are in tl1e most difficult position at this time are tl10se residents in the Mobile Home Park who wcre told two years ago that they may lose their homes. . Councilmember Malone offered to provide Ms. Hilgers with a copy of the Transportation Improvement Program for her to review. He noted that the problem with this program is tl1at, according to Fcdcral regulations, the State cannot plan more than three ycars out. Since the improvements in Arden Hills are beyond this limit, tl1ere is no formal plan for these projects. He