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r neighborhood committee MEETING HELD AT 5:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 31,1997 I Members pre'^nt: Betty Bruning, Brian Fulmer, Jeffrey Martin, Clint Miller, and Bob Sansevere. Cor^itter^"^' ^ Murphy, and Ron Moorse-all members of the Design R<Leview refined based on mput from the neighborhood residents. p It wasmdicated ^ Orchid Park Road is currently being used as a short cut from Watertown Road ® narrow road, and is not suited to heavy traffic. It was ^^ested that if Stubbs Bay Road is cul-de-sac-ed as part of the Highway 12 project the amount of traffic that wll use Orchard Park Road as a short cut between Watertown Road and Highway 12 will increase subs^tially. Four of the ten property owners on Orchard Park Road were present at the four agreed that the best solution to the traffic problem on Orchard Park^Road would for coMi^ran^^^^ fois solution be brought to the City Council Clint Miller, who lives on Silver Meadow Drive, indicated the new roadway will substantially ree^dfo^Lwr T interested in getting additional details reg^dmg how MniDOT plans to mitigate the effects of placing both the railroad and the roadway m close proximity to what is currently a rural residential neighborhood. CImt Miller asked what the timing of the design process is. Moorse indicated the preliminary layout design process ™dway are not planned to be addressed until later in the It was suggested ^at the city and the Design Review Committee need to address issues of how the Tk “k ”'j wll affect the character of ruralresidential neighborhoods adjacent to the roadway. Ed Cdlahan suggested that die city and the Neighborhood Committees should be proactive in 1 en ifying issues and developing solutions to those issues early in the process before Mn/DOT develops any preconceptions regarding preferred solutions. Jim Murphy diagrammed and explained the various communication channels operating as part of