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. MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1999 4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof~ Acting Mayor Beverly Aplikowski called to order the City Council Worksession at 4:55 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Gregg Larson, Paul Malone, and Lois Rem; City Administrator, Joe Lynch; City Treasurer/Accountant, Terry Post; Public Works Director, Dwayne Stafford; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila Stowell. Mayor Probst arrived at 5:05 p.m. at which time Councilmember Aplikowski turned the gavel over to Mayor Probst. DISCUSSION ITEMS Hil!hwavs 96/10 Final Desil!n Discussion BRW Consulting Engineer, Greg Brown, reviewed the various design options as previously presented to the City Council by Ramsey County witb input from the Minnesota Department of . Transportation (MnDOT). Those options included, 1) Reconstruct "As Is"; 2) Temporary Ramps (northeast and northwest ramps); 3) Frontage Road; as well as (4) Councilmember Malone's recent suggestion of full access with a folded diamond design. Mr. Brown reviewed the positive and negative aspects of each respective design option, including dependencies. Other issues included development timing of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP); MnDOT concerns; future access for businesses and residences along Highway 10 and North Heights Lutheran Church; relocation requirements for mobile home and single-family home residents; outstanding Ramsey County obligations to the City for a portion ofthe West Round Lake Road, Phase I, construction project; impacts of access points to retail business along Highway 10 lor the City of Mounds View; and future access to 1-694 and 1- 35W as they are improved. Mr. Post listed an additional risk with each of the Options 2, 3 and 4 in that that MnDOT may not participate in future intersection construction of ramps to access the TCAAP property. Mr. Post also reminded staff and Councilmembers that the City had directed BR W to prepare the Highway 96/10 Interchange Transportation Traffic Study, at City expense, for various Highway 96/1 0 interchange design options. Mr. Lynch requested elarification of the City Council's objectives and priorities. It was the consensus of the City Council that maintaining full local access, with the least physical impact, was their main priority, as well as future development of TCAAP being a major concern. .