02-08-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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CITY of ORONO Post Office Box 66•Crystal Say, Minnesota W23•Munieipal Offices On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka February 5, 1988 Re: Highway 12 Corridor bLudy Meeting - February 29, 198E Orono High School Attachment: A. Draft of Preliminary Highway 12 Corridor Study Process Dear Mr. Willis, During the past dear the four communities of Long Lake, Maple Plain, Orono and Independence have met three times on the possibility of an upgrade to Highway 12. The impetus for these meetings has been the work being done by communities from Delano on west attempting to have Highway 12 upgrs_`ed in order to improve the economic viability of west -central Minnesota. The Highway 12 Task Force, which is headquartered at the Willmar Chamber of Commerce, has been instrumental in generating discussion regarding Highway 12 and has been working with Legislators to look at the feasibility of getting it upgraded. Key however, to any changes on Highway 12 is elimination of the current bottlenecks between where Highway 12 ceases to be a six lane in Wayzata to the Hennepin County border. Two years ago the Minnesota Department of Transportation had nothing programmed for the next 20 years regarding Highway 12. As a result of interest by the Willmar group they are lc. -king to put some money programmed for the mid 190's for cer'ain safety improvements. Liven the current highway funding climate and politics a local effort to at least designate the appropriate corridor to handle the future needs is appropriate at this time, not only from a transportation aspect but also from a land use standpoint. The Orono City Council would like to invite you to attend a meeting of various communities that have an interest in the BUILDING A ZONING - 47 3.7 35 7 • ADMINISTRATION ! FINANCE - 473 7339 a PUBLIC WORKS - 473-1309 ASSESSING