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~ ~HlLLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY ST A TE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2008-032 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAY 10 LOCAL ACCESS INTERCHANGE WHEREAS, the City is in the process of considering the development of a local access interchange (the '-'-Interchange Project") on Trunk Highway 10 ('-'-TH 10") north of County Road 96 ('-"CR 96"), in connection with Ramsey County's proposed grade separation project at the intersection ofTH 10 and CR 96; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2008-020 approved March 31, 2008, the City Council approved a position paper that identified various issues and concerns in connection with the Interchange Project and the THIO and CR96 project, including but not limited to: 1. Noise Abatement 2. The position of CR96 relative to the impact opn Arden Manor 3. Local pedestrian access to the neighborhoods. The position paper has guided the review and revision of the concept plan, and will also guide the preliminary design process; and WHEREAS, although a phasing analysis showed the need for a west frontage road to accommodate projected traffic, tIle frontage road has been redesigned to create a combined entrance ramp and one-way frontage road; which has reduced the impact on Arden Manor, including saving four manufactured homes; and WHEREAS, the revised concept plan for the Interchange Project is depicted on the map titled '-'Highway 10 Grade Separation with SB Exit Ramp and One Way Frontage Road," prepared by Short Elliot Hendrickson, Inc. and dated May 29, 2008 (the ''-Concept Plan") with further addition of a right exit from northbound TH 1 0 to eastbound CR96: and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the Concept Plan is the appropriate basis for beginning the preliminary design phase of the Interchange Project; and WHEREAS, due to the substantial costs to be saved by the State of Minnesota by TH 10 reducing the traffic volume impacts on the 1694 and 135W interchange, the City requires the State or MnDOT to initiate and support noise abatement funding in areas designated by the City on TH 1 O.