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~ ~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 2S, 200S TO: Mayor and City Council Jim Willis, Intcrim City Administrator FROM: Grcg Hoag, Public Works Dircctor Stacie Kvilvang, Project Manager SUBJECT: Approval of Rcsolution No. 200S-0S, Supp0l1ing the July 23,2007 Concept Plan for the State Highway 10 and County Road 96 Improvement Project BACKGROUND Over the last 12 months the City has been discussing the County's proposed grade separated improvements to the Highway 10 and County Road 96 intersection and the need the to provide local access to area residents onto Highway I (J, This need has come about due to the safety and tratlic operational concerns with the current intersection, In addition, the discussions surrounding improvements to County Road 96 from White Bear Lake through Arden Hills have been going on for many years and the County has been constructing improvemcnts to this roadway sincc the mid 1990's (started in White Bear Lake and movcd west), Completion of improvcmcnts along County Road 96 through Arden I-Iills has becn stalled as the City evaluated prclCrrcd dcsign options in light of concerns about thc future redevelopment of the TCAAP propert y, Over the past 12 months various designs and options for addressing the intersection of Highway I (J and County Road 96 and local access onto Highway 10 via an interchangc have been reviewed and discussed at Council meetings, public open houses and neighborhood meetings, At the Scptember 17,2007 Council work session, the Council discussed a new alignment proposcd by stan~ This concept appeared to minimizc the impacts on the Arden Manor ncighborhood, which was a primary goal of the City Council. However, MnDOT statcd that they would not support this new design concept since the remaining driveway access points on Highway 10 remained and were a safety concern. Based upon this, the Council asked MnDOT to take an independent look at the area and havc their Engineers design some new alternatives. The Council provided MnDOT with the parameters of reducing impacts to the Ardcn Manor neighborhood, providing access to Scherer Brothers and providing local access to Highway 10 and TCAAP. At the January 22, 20(J7 Council work session, the City reviewed the single new concept drawing Ji'OIn MnDOT, along with two (2) phasing options for a future local access interchange. MnDOT reiterated that if thc Council wanted to provide full access to J-Iwy 10 and TCAAP, that a