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Tom O'Keefe/Patti Loken March 18, 1999 Page 4 3.The new Highway 12 project will require substantial changes in the way stormwater from the subwatersheds adjacent to the corridors is managed. Mn/DOT has proposed new ponding in Orono to minimize the size of new stormwater facilities required. It is the City's understanding that Mn/DOT will bear the cost of this new ponding. The stormwater management plan for the corridor includes a large stormwater pond on the WSI property. This pond uses virtually all of the available space on the property south of the existing WSI facility. It leaves no space for a planned frontage road that would provide access between the Orono industrial properties and the Long Lake commercial/industrial properties without having to use current Highway 12. It is important that Mn/DOT considei options for reducing the size of the pond on the WSI property such as locating a portion of the pond on the unplatted portion of the cemetery property to the east or using the area south of the golf dome. • Lighting along the corridor needs to be limited to only the bridge and interchange areas. The design for the lighting of the bridge and interchange areas needs to minimize the height of the lighting to minimize the spillover of light from the roadway to adjacent properties. With the exception of the interchange and bridge areas, there should be no lighting along the corridor. Mn/DOT has indicated that lighting will only be added ^ong the corridor if an accident problem develops that is specifically caused by and can be ameliorated by the addition of lighting. In this situation, Mn/DOT will work with the affected cities to develop a lighting plan that addresses the accident problem while minimizing the amount and height of lighting. It is important that Nfri/DOT work with the City of Orono to develop a plan for decorative lighting on the Willow Drive bridge that minimizes the height and amount of lighting. As part of maintaining the current character of Orono Orchard Road, if is important the design of the proposed Park Lane/Orono Orchard Road connection be revised to create a sharper curve with a median between the two driving lanes. The sharper curve will slow the traffic. The median will prevent traffic from cutting across the curve. Slovring traffic to south bound Orono Orchard Road will help to maintain the current character of the road as a local residential roadway. Slowing the traffic to west bound Park Lane will improve safety, as the sight distance from the curve to the first intersection on west bound Park Lane is relatively short.