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Other Business Hay opened the meeting for questions from the audience. - G. Johnson asked if the uncertainty on the design of the highway (expressway vs. freeway) means that Mn/DOT has ruled out the option of toll road financing. Reply: No. However, there has been no decision to study this option for the TH 12 project, and in all likelihood, it will not be studied. The primary focus is upon the selection of a corridor with minimal adverse impact on each city. - R. Scheuer discussed Commissioner Levine ’s 1989 announcement for a 1-year funding project and how it affects the current project schedule; requested an elaboration on obtaining funds for the consultant to complete the EIS; and asked about the impact to the project if mutual agreements are not possible between the participating junsdictions (at the end of the scoping process). Reply: The funds for the scoping project have been allocated. Even though contract execution took six months, a new schedule will not limit what will be accomplished in the study. T. Humbert explained how Mn/DOT obtains and uses funds to hire consultants. Hay slated that Mn/DOT seeks City Council approval on final design plans and geometries, and that if continued support for the project cannot be generated, it may choose to either by-pass the local governments involved (case of extreme need) or place the project on a lower priority, which would indefinitely jeopardize its completion. Humbert added that Mn/DOT does not want to waste expended scoping/EIS efforts, and therefore seeks to obtain as much cooperation from affected jurisdictions as possible throughout the study to ensure a project’s completion. Next Meeting August 22, 1990, 5:30 p.m.. Maple Plain City Hall (all Policy Committee meetings will be held the fourth Wednesday of each month). Meeting adjournment - 6:30 p.m. RDH/mst l4l7(VC«wnMii».7a