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(. - 8P CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: December 8, 1997 TO: Mayor and City Council Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Directo~ Presentation of recommendations of the Highway 96 Task Force FROM: SUBJECT: Introduction The Highway 96 Task Force requests that the City Council endorse the recommendations of the Task Force as they relate to Highway 96 (Exhibit A). Bac~round The City Council on April 11, 1997 created the Highway 96 Task Force. The purpose of the task force was to provide to the City a series of recommendations on the reconstruction of Highway 96, so that the City could forward these recommendations to Ramsey County while the Arden Hills portion of the project is still in the design stage. c. The Highway 96 Task Force consists of Chair John Tholen (public Works and Safety Committee), Lyn Lawyer (resident), Mick Richards (resident), Tom Andreasen (Business Development Committee), Don Messerly (parks and Recreation Committee), Dave Sand (planning Commission), Chuck Stoddard (Finance Committee), The Task Force was assisted by consultant Bill Sanders (Sanders, Wacker, and Bergly), Mayor Dennis Probst, Councilmember Beverly Aplikowski, Dwayne Stafford (Public Works Superintendent) and myself. The task: force has met monthly since April of 1997 to consider the improvements other communities are contemplating along the corridor and to formulate recommendations for the Arden Hills portion of Highway 96. The task force will be presenting the following recommendations to the City Council: A. Entry Way Signage. The task force recommends that two entry way signs should be located along Highway 96, The first at the southwest corner of Highway 96 and Lexington Avenue. The second at the southeast corner of Highway 96 and Interstate 35W, The task force recommends that the sign face be constructed of a monolithic cast stone (8 inches wide) in a light gray with recessed black letters, Also, that "anti-graffiti" coating should be applied to the sign, The task force recommends that the City consider using Windsor font on the entry way signage.