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DATE: October 18, 2010 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director #1 <br />SUBJECT: Mn/DOT I -694 Improvement Project- Municipal Consent Resolution <br />Background <br />Mn/DOT is proposing an improvement project for the interchange of Interstate 694, <br />Highway 10, Snelling Avenue and Hamline Avenue in Arden Hills. In June, Mn/DOT <br />submitted a Mn/DOT approved layout to the City, requesting City approval (Municipal <br />Consent) of the layout. On August 9, 2010, the City Council held the public hearing for <br />this project. <br />Discussion <br />Following the August 9, 2010 public hearing, City staff met with Mn/DOT and Ramsey <br />County to review comments heard from City Council members and residents. (At a later <br />date staff met with the Shoreview PWD as he was not available for the initial meeting) <br />Items of discussion included traffic /access, pedestrian movements, noise, and project <br />benefits. Staff requested additional information from Mn/DOT based on the comments <br />made at the public hearing. Mn/DOT has provided the attached letter dated September <br />14, 2010. <br />At the September 20, 2010 worksession the City Council asked staff to prepare some <br />possible conditions for a Municipal Consent resolution. Those were prepared and emailed <br />to council members late last month. The draft conditions were reviewed and discussed by <br />the City Council at their October 11, 2010 worksession. At the end of the discussion the <br />City Council requested to review the revised conditions at their October 18, 2010 <br />worksession. A draft resolution with the revised conditions is attached <br />Schedule <br />Also attached is a summary sheet outlining the Municipal Consent process. Following the <br />public hearing held August 9, 2010, the City has 90 days, or until November 7, 2010, to <br />approve /disapprove the layout. The last regularly scheduled City Council meeting before <br />this deadline is Monday, October 25, 2010. <br />City Council Meeting <br />C: \Users \terry.maurer\Desktop \I -694 Memo.doc <br />�1�EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />