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City Council Minutes 01/14/02 Page 2 interchange and the ramps. Kough asked about TH280 access to Highway 36 and pedestrian movements. Gill- Gerbig asked about the evolution of MnDOT' s thinking about this project. Davis asked about accident rates. Kysylyczyn asked about Highway 36 and 135W widening. Gill-Gerbig asked about smaller projects to address safety concerns. Schroeder asked about cost sharing. Klausing asked about Lauderdale's concerns about the Central Alignment. Kysylyczyn asked about Lauderdale's willingness to sacrifice residential homes in the SE quadrant of the Broadway-280 intersection, and willingness to sacrifice the commercial area in the SW quadrant. Davis responded that Lauderdale did not want to take out homes. Christensen also said the Western Alignment puts a ramp through a new building. Schroeder presented an interchange option he had sketched that impacts the NE quadrant of Broadway and TH280. Lowell Thompson, representing Midland Hills Country Club, opposed taking a hole out of play in the golf course to accommodate a NE quadrant option. Kysylyczyn asked about drainage from a reconstructed 280. Davis asked about MnDOT's timing. Christensen commented about putting the Median Closure option back on the table. Kough favored the Median Closure if it could be depressed to allow for a bridge overpass and interchange in the future. Klausing asked about the Central Alignment without the interchange. Gower opposed all options that had been presented thus far. Schroeder conlll1ented that the Median Closure option was viable. McCloskey opposed any option that threatened homes; he supported the Median Closure option. Pafko expressed MnDOT's concerns about the Median Closure option. Maschka supported the Central Alignment as best for all concerned. Kysylyczyn asked about Median Closure along a Western Alignment.