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cnrvF <br />OF <br />aHanci <br />CITYofORONO <br />Post Office Box 66«Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323• Municipal Offices <br />On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka <br />January 18, 1989 THIS LETTER ALSO SENT TO <br />CounciImember Fred Patch, Long Lake <br />Mayor Jeff Walton, Maple Plain <br />CounciImember Wilfred Scherer, Medina <br />Mayor Marvin Johnson, Independence <br />Mayor Gordon Wetter <br />City of Delano <br />P.O. Box 108 <br />Delano, MN 55328 <br />Dear Mayor Wetter, <br />This letter is written to update you on progress regarding <br />Highway 12. Commissioner Levine desires to have a meeting out in <br />this area but is currently awaiting submission of the <br />consolidated 20 year MnDOT plan to establish the meeting. It <br />anticipated he will receive this by the end of the month and will <br />then be contacting me to set a meeting with the Task Force for <br />the later part of February. <br />Some of you may know unofficially that after a significant <br />technical analysis by MnDOT District 5, that the Highway 12 <br />project in the Orono/Long Lake area is rated #2 and the Maple <br />Plain/Independence section is rated just a little bit lower. The <br />indication from the Brainerd District that handles 12 west of <br />Maple Plain to Delano is that they will coordinate with District <br />5. <br />This good news however is subject to several unresolved <br />issues including the following: <br />1. Level of Sta^ Funding - Currently MnDOT District 5 has <br />indicated they can spend all projected finances on just <br />maintaining what they have over the next 20 years. The need <br />for Highway 12 will be to get additional funding of <br />transportation during this legislative session. <br />2. Corridor Selection Study - <br />a. Financing - priority does not dictate that MnDOT will <br />necessarily foo the whole bill for the corridor study. <br />There may be a request for at least some participation from <br />the cities. <br />b. Soon, orihg Agency - The corridor selection study <br />done either by MnDOT or a joint powers. If done as a joint <br />powers then the communities would need to get together to <br />develop the joint powers agreement and then select a <br />consultant to undertake the study. <br />BUILDING a ZONING - 473-7337 <br />assessing <br />ADMINISTRATION 4 FINANCE - 473-7358 PUBUC WORi.S - 473-7359