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Received <br /> MAR 10 ?008 <br /> Council Members, City of Arden Hills <br /> I wanted to pass along some information that I learned from MNDOT in a <br /> conversation last Friday that I think may be useful in your upcoming <br /> planning discussions surrounding options for Highway 10 and TCAAP <br /> access. <br /> The recap of my conversation below is a bit long but please read through <br /> as I believe it presents important background should Council wish to <br /> resume discussion of signalized intersections with MNDOT before or at <br /> the next TCAAP-related council meeting. The bottom line is that an Area <br /> Manager, Chris Roy in this case, should have a feasibility study to support <br /> refusal to consider signalized intersections along MNDOT controlled <br /> roadways (I cannot recall if he has cited this before). More importantly, it <br /> seems that general MNDOT policy is to be open to re-evaluating a study <br /> and possibly initiating a new one based on the needs of a city and <br /> circumstances that have possibly changed since the time the first study (if <br /> there is one) was commissioned. <br /> Regards, <br /> Dave Boldt <br /> 1555 Briarknoll Circle <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> (Note: The continued refusal at council meetings of MNDOT officials to <br /> consider City Council interest in signal lights along Highway 10 prompted <br /> this call on my part to attempt to gain a better understanding of how <br /> MNDOT makes and supports such decisions.) <br /> I placed a call into MNDOT on the afternoon of 2/15 and spoke to Mike <br /> Gerbensky, the Metro District Signal and Lighting Design and Operations <br /> Manager. I introduced myself as an Arden Hills resident with questions <br /> about the 10/96 intersection and possibility of proposing a signalized <br /> access off 10 into TCAAP. He was extremely helpful in explaining the <br /> process within MNDOT for working with a city to make such an effort <br /> happen. What I found most interesting about this call was that he <br /> characterized MNDOT as typically being very willing to work with cities to <br /> reach solutions that meet the needs of both parties and that if a study or <br />