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A. Kunze asked whose goals/issues/concerns would govern the process and how each <br />would be rated to determine importance. <br />Reply: Three segments may be individually studied to concentrate "micro-studies" within <br />the project between neighboring communities:. All evaluation criteria would <br />receive equal weight. The sooner the key individuals, issues, goals, and concerns <br />are identified, the sooner the consultant can begin to evaluate. An informal list <br />S'''these items was requested. <br />Kunze asked about funding for the (preliminary engineering), who would proceed with <br />EIS after HNTB completed the list of activities, and the State ’s priority fo' project. <br />Reply: Hay explained the process for the project budget and that an ac ai funding <br />request was made for the consultant to complete the EIS (to providt .inort-term <br />supplemental staff), and that this project is Mn/DOT’s number two pnority in the <br />Golden Valley office. <br />Kunze also asked about estimated costs per mile of freeway vs. expressway and when <br />costs (for the project’s construction) will be known. <br />Reply: Project costs depend on the design, number of interchanges, grade separated <br />crossings, frontage road ne etc., and that the freeway to expressway juncture, <br />when known, will assist in ning costs. <br />Acromite asked whether the Policy Com:nittee would have input in redetlning, as <br />necessary, the 500 foot corridor width. <br />Reply: If agreed upon, yes: but depends on issues and concerns identified in the scoping <br />process. <br />M. Johnson asked what the ordinary width of a freeway is (for future protection and <br />preservation mapping purposes), and if frontage roads must be parallel to the corridor. <br />Reply: A roadway may require 300 feet of width, depending on whether it is an <br />expressway or freeway section, and that frontage roads are not necessarily <br />parallel. <br />Acromite asked for a clanfication between "comdor" and "nght-of-way", and whether <br />Mn/DOT wanted formal documentation of goals, issues, and concerns from each <br />representing jurisdiction for the next policy committee meeting. <br />Reply: "Corridor" implies planning/search area, while "right-of-way" concerns land <br />acquired for the actual operation of a roadway. No formal documentation of <br />goals, issues, and concerns is necessary; but a list is needed for the consultant to <br />stay on schedule, by the next meeting (or sooner).