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TH 12 CORRIDOR STUDY Policy Committee Meeting Maple Plain City Hall Januaiy 23, 1991 (Approved May 22, 1991) Members Present! B. Peterson, M. Alger, M. Johnson, R. Bauman, G. Acromite, D. Poss AltcmP^f* Prexgnt! B. Swaitwood, K. Gabriel, M. Bemhardson Ottlfin S. Hay, L. Dallam, R. Harris, G. Johnson, R. Peterson, D. Peterson, G. Connell, W. Griffith, C. Molcsld, A. Carlson, G. Carlson Chair Johnson called the meeting to order shortly after 5:30 p.m. New members D. Poss from Delano B. Peterson from Orono were recognized. The minutes of the December 19,1991 meetmg were approved as submitted. Hay explained the difficulty he has had in obtaining traffic forecasts for the project, and as a result, Mn/DOT will contract with HNTB (under an existing transportation planning agreement) to prepare thenu The completed forecasts are expected for the April Policy Committee meeting. (It was explained that HNTB will use Mn/DOTs existing data and further refine the Metro Council’s forecasting model to get a better estimate of traffic on the county roadway system.) Dallam said that HNTB would use the Metro Council’s most current estimates as to the traffic volumes coming from the west, which would not have been in Mn/DOTs forecast data. Dallam then discussed the status of project mapping and presented base map overlays of the project area’s features. He said that a composite photograph of the overlays with the sixth overlay, a black ta^lined acetate of corridor revisions as a result of the avoidance areas found the mapping (parks, etc.) and tape would be distributed to policy committee representatives following the meeting for each commumty to make additional shifts, as dffinfd appropriate, in the alternative alignments in their communities. Committee diffnifffio" o«f ‘he mapping followed: Chair Johnson defined "Ag Preserves” for the Committee; rui ers discussed the affect the project would have on the Luce Line Trail; and the S’jggci.ied alternative for Long Lake of routing the facility over the railroad and behind the shopping center (not feasible and prudent from community impact or engineering standpoint) rhair Johnson asked how changes on the mapping or alternative alignments should be reported. Dallam requested changes on bumwad or other transparent material, and that committee members would have several weeks to complete this. Johnson asked the Committee for changes - Swartwood mentioned that a new school would be constructed east of the Orono Middle School complex within two years. f ■