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i � � � � June 4, 1969 CAS E NO : APPLICANT: LOCATlO N: � 523-69 Minnesota Highway Department Sne! I ing Avenue From County Road C to Haml ine Avenue ACTIO N REQUESiED: Approval of Prel iminc y Design PLANI�ING CONSiDERATIONS: l. This application should merit some very serieus consideration on the part of the Village inasmuch as it represents a major departure from previous planning proposals with respect to Snelling Avenue in this area. Firstly, tl�e Highway Department now proposes t� construct a folded diamond i nterchange at County Road C and Sneil ing Avenue witho�t deviating the c�lignmeni• to the west as originally proposed. This is as the Village has reqUested. It Ieaves developable property on the w�est side and on the east side in a manner so that services roads may be extended to serve these properties connecting with interchanges to the north. In this respect, we feel that the proposal submitted by the Highway Department cloes confarm exactly with what was requested by the Vil�age. 2. Secondly, the design now suggests the elimination of an inter�hange at County Road C-2 and the construction of an overpass at Lee Avenue. Service roads would thee� be extended from the County Road C interchange north to the interchange with Hamline Avenue just north of the al ignment with County Road D. Inasmuch as County Road C-2 is not an access road to enajor commercial development in this portion of the Villa�e there is same merit in el iminating an interchange at County Road C-2. One of the previous considerations that was felt important with respect to the construction of such an interc ange was the access to the commerciai development in the vicinity of the Paul Bunyan Motel, and of course to the motel itself. You are all aware, of course, of the some of the problems in Qttempting to design an interchange at C-2. The difficulties include the apposition of persons living in single family residences to the east and the problem of creating an alignr��ent that will work efficiently, lt would appear necessary to deviate the alignment to the south around the church if an interchange were to be constructed pt County Road C-2. There is also the problem of the difficult construction which would have to be accorrnlished for the County Road C-2 alignment west of S�elling Avenue. The Engineer