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<br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />WORKSESSION <br />MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998 <br />4:45 P.M. - ARMY RESERVE CENTER, 4655 LEXINGTON AVENUE NORTH <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the City Council <br />Worksession at 5: 15 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Dale Hicks, Beverly Aplikowski, <br />Susan Keirn, and Paul Malone; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; Community Development <br />Director, Kevin Ringwald; City Accountant, Terry Post; Parks and Recreation Director, Cindy <br />Walsh; Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila <br />Stowell. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Councilmember Keirn moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion <br />to approve the meeting agenda for the March 16, 1998 Worksession. The motion <br />carried unanimously (5-0). <br /> <br />CITY ISSUES - SHORT TERM <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />Hwy. 96/Hwy. 10 Traffic Study <br /> <br />The City's consulting engineer, Greg Brown ofBRW, Inc., along with Tony Heppelmann of <br />BRW, Inc., the firm's traffic and transportation engineer presented a study the Highway <br />96/Highway 10 interchange. Mr. Brown and Mr. Heppelmann presented various intersection <br />configurations for the Highway 96 and 10 interchange and related short and long-term impacts. <br /> <br />The scope of the study and discussion included evaluation of existing traffic patterns; traffic <br />modeling of alternative scenarios; levels of access; pedestrian movements and access; Gateway <br />Boulevard alignment; existing Highway to accesses; Gateway Business District access; storm <br />drainage; ramp metering and HOV facilities; TCAAP property acquisition; and a summary of <br />benefits, property acquisitions, and cost implications of each alternative. <br /> <br />Mr. Ringwald pointed out several positive aspects of Layout No.2, consisting of a grade <br />separated interchange, with north access, and suggested the Council may wish to direct staff and <br />engineers to review various pending MnDOT traffic projects and their implications to a proposed <br />new interchange. Mr. Ringwald questioned whether the proposed interchange in Layout No.2 <br />could provide enough capacity to accommodate future traffic requirements from the Gateway <br />Business District (GBD), given that access to southbound Highway to was eliminated. <br /> <br />Mr. Heppelman confirmed that it would have sufficient capacity. <br />