1B, TH10/CR96 Preliminary Design Issues & Positions

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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - March 10,2008 DRAFT 17 Councilmember Holmes disagreed with it being the preference. Councilmember McClung stated that it should be strongly considered. Mayor Harpstead asked for clarification if this was considered an end point or phasing. Councilmember Holmes stated that it could be considered both ways. Councilmember McClung stated that this would need to be a higher priority and something that the City would have to push for. Councilmember Holden stated that Design Constraint #1 reviews the phasing options to see if all four ramps are needed, and Councilmember Grant had brought up that if there was half a diamond with the interchanges on the east then there would not be a need for legs on the east so it wouldn't be a full interchange. She stated that she thought the Council had agreed that it could work with just the exit and entrance ramps on the east side. Mayor Harpstead stated that this was complicated by the traffic pattern of commuters that are west bound on County Road 96!North bound on Highway 10 and the opposite in the evenings. The second element has been the semi truck traffic from Scherer Brothers. Mayor Harpstead would like Design Constraint #4 to include wording about phasing. It was the consensus of the Council to add Design Constraint #4 to address the at grade signalized intersection at the Highway 10 diagonal with access to TCAAP including wording about phasing. Councilmember Grant stated that a fmancial plan needs to go along with this. Councilmember Holden stated that MnJDOT was not plauning to reuse part of the Highway 10 lanes that are there and the City had requested that they look at repaving these. However, this was not captured in the document. She stated that it could be included under Design Constraint #1 Mayor Harpstead stated that it would fit under Design Constraint #3, which deals with realignment.