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i: rr>* r '■; - Kh n-- •'■ Y' hr •it* I . i"' I TH n CORRIDOR STUDY Citizen’s Committee Meeting Maple Plain City Hall January 22, 1^1 (Approved May 21, 1991) M#.mhers Present: D. Hamilton, D. Cade, R. Gniika, T. Wenz, D. MacMillan, G. Cook, J. Bcrns, E. Winston, L. Olson, G. Johnson, S. Hay Alfemates Present: R. Dayton nthers Prcitent; L. Dallam, R. Harris, M. Miller, R. Peterson, J. Behrman, T. Olson, B. Martt, R Ault, K. Madson, A. Peterson, H. Bozerla, K. Nordin, C. Johnson, G. Hayes, J. Meridith, D. McCulley, B. Swartwood Hay opened the meeting shortly after 4:00 p.m. The minutes from the December 18, 1990 meeti^ were q^roved as submitted. Hay e}q>lamed the difiScult}' he has had in obtaining traffic forecasts for the project, as a result, Mn/DOT will contract with HNTB (under an existing transportation planning agreement) to prepare them. This will create a three-month project delay; however, Ehdlam the forecasts are very important, since the need for the project must be documented at the federal level Existing forecast data prepared by Mn/DOT will be used as a base and the Metro Council’s model will be further refined with additional subdivisions (i.e. greater detail). The traffic forecasts were estimated to be ready in time for the April 16 Citizen’s Committee meeting. Discussion from the Committee focused on the Metro Council traffic forecasting model — that all Twin Cities area traffic forecasts are based from it; and that data from municipal con^>rehensive plans and population/employment are factored into the forecasts. (Dallam will further explain the components of the model at the April meeting.) MacMillan requested a copy of Mn/DOTs internal scoping information document that led to the decision that there is a need and that this is a high priority project. Dallam also reiterated that the "need" for the project is based on Mn/DOTs and the affected community’s goals for the project Dallam then discussed the status of project mapping and presented base map overlays of the project area’s features. He said a composite photograph with the sixth overlay (black t^ielined acetate of corridor revisions as a result of the avoidance areas found during the mapping - e.g. parks, etc.-) and tape would be distributed to Policy Commttee representatives at their 1-23-91 meeting, in order for each community to make additional shifts, as deemed appropriate, in the alternative alignments for their communities. He also cautioned that one-quarter inch is equivalent to 500 feet, so even minor shifts can have ygnifirant effects ou the roadway location. The effect will be to narrow the field of alternatives to study only those that are feasible and prudent. J j