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<br /> I <br /> I MINUTES <br /> f' eITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> WORKSESSION <br /> SEPTEMBER 16, 1996 <br /> 4:30 P.M. - PUBLIe WORKS BUILDING LUNeHROOM <br /> I eALL TO ORDER/ROLL eALL <br /> I Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Probst called to order the City Council <br /> Worksession at 4:35 p.m. Present were Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmembers Dale Hicks and <br /> Paul Malone; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne <br /> I Stafford; Community Development Director, Kevin Ringwald; Parks and Recreation Director, <br /> Cindy Walsh; City Accountant, Terry Post; and Recording Secretary, Sheila Stowell, with <br /> Councilmember Beverly Aplikowski arriving at 4:38 p.m., and Councilmember Susan Keim <br /> I arriving at 5:10 p.m. <br /> eITY ISSUES - LONG TERM <br /> I a. Hi!!hwav 96 Project Update - Ramsey eounty <br /> Mayor Probst turned the meeting over to Mr. Jim Tolaas, Ramsey County <br /> Engineer, to provide an update of the Highway 96 Project to Councilmembers and <br /> I staff. <br /> Mr. Tolaas presented schematics and reviewed various environmental impacts due <br /> .. to existing contaminants from the TCAAP superfund site, and its relationship to <br /> the proposed construction and Hwy. 96 alignment. While the contaminants <br /> I appear to be bound and held by the soil, and are not continuing to flow through <br /> the storm water discharge, they do pose a potential threat to the Negative <br /> Environmental Impact Statement that Ramsey County is seeking for the entire <br /> I project. <br /> Mr. T olaas stated that the Arden Hills' section presented one of the more <br /> I challenging aspects ofthe Highway 96 construction project, partially due to the <br /> location ofthe frontage road, which impacted the design significantly. It was Mr. <br /> Tolaas' recommendation that the Council consider a shift in the alignment, taking <br /> I into consideration area amenities and proposed developments. The revised <br /> alignment would require the displacement of seventeen (17) mobile homes on the <br /> south side of the Arden Manor Mobile Home Park, which would be eligible for <br /> I funding through Ramsey County and the State of Minnesota. <br /> I Mayor Probst discussed future MN/DOT plans for 1-694 improvements, which <br /> prompted discussion ofthe intersection ofHwy. 10 and Highway 96, which <br /> according to Mr. Tolaas, is currently rated as an "F" as far as functioning capacity <br /> I is concerned. Discussion continued among the Couneilmembers regarding <br /> medians, channelization and other dimensions involved in the highway <br /> f' reconstruction project. <br /> I <br />