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2.5 Because the original plan is over eight years old, the City contracted with the consultant firm, BRW, to review the plan and prepare recommendations concerning the location and design of Twin Lakes Parkway. 2.6 In September, 1996, BRW produced a report, recommending a revised alignment of Twin Lakes Parkway and associated utilities, between FailView and Cleveland Avenue to line up with the existing 35W ramp. This alignment would do the least harm to the nearby wetlands, connect directly to the existing freeway ramp, and provide a direct Interstate access point for trucks within Twin Lakes (reducing local street usage). BRWs report also recommends vacating duplicate roads such as lona Lane. The actual design of the right-of-way, road widths, and pathways would also be revised. In most cases the right-ot-way width was reduced by BRW from as much as 120 feet to 80 feet. 2.7 Because the Twin Lakes plan was adopted as part of the 1994 Comprehensive Plan, a plan amendment is necessary to change the proposed location ot Twin Lakes Parkway. 2.8 The city staff estimated that construction of the realigned Twin Lakes Parkway could not occur for 3. to 5 years because of limited city finances and businesses were revising their long term growth plans. 3.0 DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY: 3.1 In the mid 1980's, the City hired consulting firms of Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban and Barton Aschmann to study and make recommendations concerning the future land use and roadway locations within the Twin Lakes Business Park area. This area is approximately 280 acres, which is bounded by Cleveland Avenue on the west, Snelling Avenue on the east, County Road C-2 on the north, and County Road C on the south. The study was in response to the deregulation of the trucking industry and the potential impact it had on the trucking related industry that was present in the Twin Lakes Business Park. area. It was anticipated that the properties would come up for redevelopment over a 20 year time frame (1985-2005). The intent of the plan was to provide the framework for a well planned industrial business park which would provide a good return to property owners as they make the decision to'sell and redevelop their properties as well as to maximize the tax base for the City. The study also looked at how to best minimize and any adverse effects the proposed new, more intense development would have on the existing community. 3.2 As part of that study, Barton Aschmann looked at the transportation issues. Their study showed that new roadways would be necessary to enhance the value and the future development potential of sites within the area, as well as provide a relief to congestion on County Road C. The study recommended the construction of several PF#2867 - RCA (09/22/97) - Page 2 of 5