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TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />November 17, 1998 <br />SUBJECT; Highway 12 Preliminary La.' out Issues <br />There are two design-specific issues about which the Orono Design Review Committee has raised <br />significant concerns. These are the new frontage road in Long Lake that will connect Brown Road <br />with Orono Orchard Road, and a design option for the Wayzata Boulcvard/Highway 12 interchange <br />that was requested by the City of Wayzata. <br />Frontage Road Connection to Orono Orchard Road <br />The Orono Design Review Committee has expressed concerns regarding the proposed new frontage <br />road that would connect Brown Road with Orono Orchard Road. The concern is that the frontage <br />road would encourage additional traffic on Orono Orchard Road, and the current design with a cur\ e <br />connection to Orono Orchard Road would encourage higher speeds. A design change suggested by <br />the Design Review Committee is to replace the proposed cur\e that connects the frontage road to <br />Orono Orchard Road with a 90® intersection to limit both speed and the volume of traffic. There <br />may be other design options that could accomplish these same purposes. <br />Wayzata Boulevard/Highway 12 Interchange <br />The City of Wayzuita requested Mn/DOT to develop an alternative design for the interchange that <br />moves the roadway to the north. The purpose of this change is to preserve trees on the north side <br />of the railroad that currently provide screening for the Woodhill Country Club. Mn/DOT has a <br />number of concerns regarding this alternative design. The alternative design requires an "S" cur\e <br />that has a number of operational drawbacks. Mm DOT has not carried the analysis of this alternative <br />far enough to determine whether the change would have any negative impact on the Myrtlewood <br />neighborhood. It was suggested at the Design Review Committee meeting that a better solution may <br />be to simply replace any trees lost to construction, since tnere would be space a\ailable for <br />replanting trees after construction. 'Hie Orono Design Review Committee indicated to Mn/DOT that <br />the disadvantages of the alternative interchange design far outweighed any advantages.