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r fr Date: 02/04/02 <br />K`% <br />i\.�. Item: IX. B <br />` <br />City Council Minutes <br />Work Session Joint with Lauderdale City Council <br />Brief Business Meeting <br />,Tanuary 14, 2002 <br />The City Council met on the above date with all members present 6:35 p.m. <br />(voting order): Schroeder, Maschka, Kough, Klausing and Roll Call <br />Kysylyczyn. <br />Work Session <br />L Review of Regular Meeting Agenda <br />IL Additional Staff Presentations <br />A. TH 280 Reconstruction — consider direction to staff TH 280 Reconstruction <br />and Minnesota Department of Transportation MnDOT Presentation <br />MnDOT <br />Kysylyczyn recognized Schwartz, who overviewed the <br />purpose of tonight's meeting. Then Frank Pafko, Area <br />Manager for MnDOT introduced his staff and the <br />principal presenter, Consultant Glen Van Wormer. <br />Van Wormer described the history of TH 280, the traffic <br />counts and accident data for that roadway, the <br />geometrics of the Larpenteur interchange, funding <br />challenges, and design options for improving the <br />operation of TH280; Median Closure; Central Alignment <br />Intersection; East Alignment Intersection; and West <br />Alignment Intersection. He analyzed the various options <br />in terms of engineering and safety considerations, their <br />impact on adjacent properties, and the construction <br />staging impacts of each option. Pafko then described <br />some financial and time parameters. <br />Klausing asked about grade and funding issues. Gill- <br />Gerbig asked about the timing of the County Road B <br />closure. Maschka asked about pavement reconstruction <br />and what triggers construction of the potential <br />