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} <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CIT\’ COUNCIL <br />MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 14,1996 <br />(Corridor Selection for Hwy 12 Upgrade - Continued) <br />Jane Slaughter. 4545 Wayzata Boulevard, said she lives on Hu7 12, west of the corridor. <br />She has similar concerns regarding Hwy 12 as expressed by Council Member Kelley. Her <br />driv'eway will be on Hwy 12, and she has concern for bus safety for the children. She <br />asked that this be a consideration Callahan said the Council will consider her concerns <br />and noted Mn/DOT also has those concerns Slaughter asked if the Council would work <br />with the City of Medina as her driveway is located in botn communities Callahan <br />informed her that specific problems are not part of the debate at this time as the road <br />design is currently unknown Slaughter asked that she not be left out and forgotten <br />noting that the only access onto Hwy 12 will be hers if the improvements are made. <br />Callahan reported that Mn/DOT will bring back the designs to the cities to review <br />problems and hardships. <br />John Winston said the alternative is a vast improvement and recognized the work behind <br />the proposal Winston said he sees a problem during the two hours of rush period in the <br />morning and two hours in the afternoon and in only those time periods He said, in <br />looking at the present corridor, there is room for improvement and expansion, but did <br />note the bottleneck that occurs in Long Lake. If Alternative 6 goes forward, Winston <br />asked that those who live nearby be given consideration regarding the noise issue. <br />George Hutchins, 2550 Woodhaven Drive, Orono, said his property would not be taken <br />but would be affected as it is located adjacent to the highway He is concerned that there <br />are more questions unanswered than answered and is concerned with the urgency to vote <br />He asked the Council not to vote at this time He said he is also concerned for Long <br />Lake and questioned whether State funding for the City will be affected by the direction <br />taken for or against Callahan informed Hutchins that the vote will not affect funding as <br />it is set up by other departments He noted there have been other votes on Mn/DOT <br />actions with no recourse Callahan also said he does not share the concern regarding the <br />urgency issue He would like to see it move forward Callahan noted that until ground is <br />broken, there will be many answers unknown Callahan commented that choosing an <br />alternative eliminates concern over other areas, and he is of the opinion that the vote <br />should have taken place sooner <br />Doug Coleman commented that the issue is of homes being held hostage with the <br />unknown location of the corridor With the corridor decided, the determination can be <br />made for who will be affected. Because of that, Coleman asked it the Council is willing <br />to support low ering taxes for those aff ected Callahan responded that if the property <br />values go down, the property ta.xes will automatically go down as the value does. W’hen <br />asked if he supported that, Callahan said he was not sure that the values will decrea.se but <br />would if that occurred Jabbour asked to consider values going up. Coleman said these <br />homes are unable to be sold to anyone at this time.