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t:r- <br />€ <br />''■Km <br />I <br />h\ <br />bv <br />»;. <br />CV <br />b*' - ■ ■' <br />Policy Committee Minutes <br />Januaiy 23,1991 <br />(Approved May 22, 1991) <br />Page 2 <br />Questions from the Audience were received. G. Johnson (Orono) asked if churches were <br />considered in the feature mapping •* Dallam replied that they were mapped only if <br />identified as an special community feature. Dallam defined "active" use (re: the Luce Line <br />Trail) as a recreation facility that can withstand greater sound levels, if buffered, with less <br />distorbance to its users. He added that the MnDNR would render the final opinion on the <br />impart to the Line Trail (and other public park and recreation facilities). <br />Gary Carlson (Orono) asked whether the current TH 12 right-of-way could accommodate <br />a freeway - Dallam replied "no", that between 150-200 ft. would be needed, depending on <br />lanr requirements and frontage access needs. Carlson also asked about cost and project <br />funding - Humbert replied that the Project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or <br />subsequent construction was not funded at present, and that Mn/DOT is currently <br />reevaluating all their projects to determine where funds will be made availabh. Hay added <br />that the allocation of funds for the project is based on need, and if the solution of need is <br />cost-prohibitive, the impact of the project cost will be just as important as the Social, <br />g<!<>tM>mig, and Environmental (SEE) impacts in the final evaluation. It was further added <br />that cost analyses are done for the surviving corridors, but not until the project reaches the <br />EIS stage. <br />Allan Carlson (Orono) asked why the roadway could not simply stay on the existing <br />alignment west of Long Lake as a more economical solution and to avoid disruption. <br />Dallam and Hay said that the purpose of the scoping document is to identify alternatives <br />for further study, and that the federal process requires documentation to eliminate feasible <br />alternatives — a^ that cost is not a sufficient reason to "throw out" an alternative at this <br />point of stutity. Traffic forecasts will probably eliminate the infeasible corridor alternatives. <br />Dallam added also from the standpoint of the entire TH 12 improvement project, the <br />statewide goal of bypassing urban places like Delano, Maple Plain, and Long Lake helps <br />solve the transportation need. <br />Jim (Medina) said he lives near the CR 11 bypass alternative and urged the <br />Oroiiiiiij <br />[e a]___1 <br />![• <br />traffic forecasts. <br />Carol Moleshy (Burnet Realty) discussed the impact the project is having on the local real <br />estate industry. Hay informed her that the project would not be constructed before 1998, <br />at the very earliest, and offered to inform buyers/sellers of the project.