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City of Medina 2052 County Road 24 Hamel, Minnesota 55340 FEB23|ggf I r ■: (V ■■■0 ! February 12, 1987 Dear Medina Residents; The Medina City Council held an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 3rd to discuss the possibility of approving an extension of Co. Rd. 116 through the City of Medina. The proposed alignment is designed to connect Hwy, map on the reverse side. 55 to Hwy. 12, as shown on the At the meeting the City Engineer presented the following information: 3+ miles of City street would be transferred to the county highly system; Cost of constructing 1*2 miles of new road would be approximately $415,000 with the entire cost of construction being borne by Hennepin County; a north/south road had been included in the cities Comprehensive Plan. Benefits of the project would be; faster response time by emergency vehicles; a safer road than city streets because hills would be cut dovm and curves straightened; less use of city streets by north/south traffic. Ted Hoffman of Hennepin County Transportation explained that construction would consist of a 9 ton road similar to Co. Rds. 24 and 19 with two-12 ft. lanes and paved 8 ft. shoulders on each side. After designation as a County State-Aid road, the estimated cost of 2^ million dollars for the entire project could be taken from State Aid-funds. The County would then put the project into its 5 year plan and detailed design wrk could commence. The road \/ould be constructed to a 45 mph design with stop signs placed on Co. Rd. 116 at Co. Rd. 24 and Co. Rd. 6 with signals at Hwy. 12. Various city residents spoke in favor of, and against, the construction. Sane of the favorable comments vrere; The inability to travel oh Medina Rd. during the spring, mud season; the ability to move emergency vehicles through the City in a faster, safer manner; a north/south road through the City is inevitable when consideration is given to there only being Co. Rd. 19 and Hivy. 101 which are north/south routes but are 7 miles apart; the ability to have a through road at no expense to residents; the need to upgrade Willow Dr. in a years at a cost of $100,000 to $200,000, assessed to city residents. Opponents expressed the following concerns; A ^"orridor bet^veen Hwy. 55 and Hxgy. 12 for the benefit of others; a major road through the middle of the city wuld alter the rural atmosphere and hasten development of the city; an increase in truck traffic; convenience for commuters, rather than residents; traffic speed will increase; the city is being asked to approve a 24 foot wide road, which is wider than the new city road width policy for rural residential roads. The City Council agreed that the magnitude of the proposed road ^/arranted notification of all residents and business owners in Medina and request that written comments be fon/arded to City Hall prior to their next discussion of the matter on Tuesday, March 17th at 8:00 p.m. Yours truly, CITY OF MEDINA 'Donria Roehl, Clerk-Treasurer