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TH 12 CoiS^ Study Citizen’s Committee Minutes Maple Plain City Hall December 18,1990 Mgmhgra Present: D. Cade, G. Johnson, G. Cook, E. Winston, E. Olson, J. Bems, R. Gnitka, S. Hay Alternates H: J. Massopust fithw Present! L. Dallam, R. Harris, M. Miller, J. Floren, M. Johnson, J. Meridcth, K. Madson, D. Stinson, S. Hauser, B. Field Hay called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. The minutes from the November 13th meeting were approved as submitted. Dallam presented the status of the project He said that input on "special features ” had been received from Maple Plain, Long Lake, and Orono, and that representatives from the other communities would be submitting special features to HNTB (per Technical Committee meeting discussion) as soon as possible. Orono's recently held public meeting was mentio««ed, which was helpful in identifying to the public the need for and process for the project Discussion concerning Long Lake included a shift for the in*place alternative to follow the railroad right-of-way. Other Conunittee discussion included the federal funding portion of the project (current is 75%). Dallam said all mapping will be done by January ’s meeting, and that the next meeting will be the fourth (not ttod) Tuesday — January 22nd. Dallam then distributed a new schedule of activities, which reflects about a three-month setback from the originaL Hay then presented preliminary traffic forecast data for the expanded in-place alignment of TH 12, toe eSAH 11 Bypass, and the South Bypass Alternatives. Also included were 1988 traffic counts for TH 12 arid TH 55. Hay the volumes show demand (planning) forecasts based on the M?tro Council's model. The demand forecasts are unconstrained, so the volumes may exceed current roadway capacity. County road forecasts will be provided with the next iteration and refinement of the traffic data. The preliminary forecast for TH 55 was not distributed because the projections were not viewed to be reasonable, according to Hay. Hay said that the South Bypass Alternatives take the majority of growth in the project area and alleviate traffic growth through Long Lake on TH12. Committee discussion on the forecasts included comments on the absence of the CR 6 l^pass Alternative (Hay said at the planning forecast level, volumes would be very similar to the South Bypass alternative — more detailed data on CR 6 and TH 55 would be made available at the next meeting). Hay summarized the bypass alternatives by stating that they do reduce traffic in Long at the cost of enviromnental impacts. He also said that the forecast volumes suggest that the current roadway will not be able to accommodate the forecast traffic • that the numbers are accurate for planning, not design, purposes. biLkkW-.