Laserfiche WebLink
COUMCIL MEETING <br />JUN 2 ft W99 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: June 24,1999 <br />11 Ul- UHONO ■ <br />Item No = 7 <br />Department Approval: A4minlstrator Approval: <br />Name: Michael P. Gaf&or <br />Title: Senior Planning Coordinator <br />Admiis Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: #2439 - Service 800 - 2190 Wayzata Boulevard - Review MnDOT Permit <br />Proposal for the Brimhall Access <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - 3-leg and 4-Leg Intersection "Potential Conflicts" Diagram <br />B - Road Schematic of Site and Area <br />C - June 11 Staff Memo <br />Cliff Otten applied to MnDOT for reconveyance of the 'Brimhall triangle' property in April, and has <br />applied for an access permit on behalf of Service 800. MnDOT has indicated, as noted in the June <br />11 staff memo, that they will agree to issue a permit for an access that incorporates all possible <br />turning movements except for a left-turn out (eastbound from the site). <br />However, in a meeting called by MnDOT on June 22, staff learned that MnDOT is SvronBly <br />HUrnnra^^ng the eastbound left-turn in to the site, although they will permit it if the City is adamant. <br />Further, they wish to issue this permit for Service 800 only , and any future use by Otten or <br />conversion to a City road would require a new MhiDOT permit. <br />MnDOTs concern, as expressed by Tom O’Keefe, is that allowing eastbound left-turns into the site <br />adds to the safety concerns of this intersection. The existing 3-leg Brimhall intersection as it has <br />functioned for many years, has 5 "potential intersection conflict points" (see diagram). <br />Turning this into a 4-leg, all-option intersection as the City originally anticipated, <br />would have a total of 16 conflict points. <br />Eliminating the left turn exit from Service 800 (per June 11 staff memo)would reduce <br />this to n rnnflict points. Council accepted this plan without comment. <br />Additionally eliminating the left turn entrance to Service 800 (as Service 800 <br />now proposes and as MnDOT now suggests) reduces this further to 9 conflict points. <br />With both left-turn exit and entrance possibilities eliminated, MnDOT would also <br />make this a right-in/right-out only configuration, which would eliminate straight <br />crossing movements and reduce the intersection to just 5 conflict points, i.e. relatively <br />as safe as it is today.