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February 5, 1988 <br />Mr. Jim Willis <br />City Manager <br />City of Plymouth <br />3488 Plymouth Boulevard <br />Plymouth, MN 55447 <br />CITY of ORONO <br />Put oln¢ Boa 660coslal B.Y. Mi..s 5=. MYBICIPAI OPoos <br />On the No-th Shore of Lake Minnetonka <br />This letter sent to: <br />Jim Willis, City of Plymouth <br />Mayor Anderson, City of Medina <br />Allan Crean, City of Wayzata <br />Mayor Gordon Wetter, City of Delano <br />Re: Highway 12 Corridor Study Meeting - February 29, 1988 <br />Orono High School <br />Attachments A. Draft of Preliminary Highway 12 Corridor Study <br />Process <br />Dear Mr. Willis, <br />During the past year the four communities of Long Lake, Maple <br />Plain, Orono and Independence have met three times on the <br />possibility of an upgrade to Highway 12. The impetus for these <br />meetings has been the work being done by communities from Delano <br />on west attempting to have Highway 12 upgraded in order to <br />improve the economic viability of west -central Minnesota. The <br />Highway 12 Task Force, which is headquartered at Lhe Willmar <br />Chamber of Commerce, has been instrumental in generating <br />discussion regarding Highway 12 and has been working with <br />Legislators to look at the feasibility of getting it upgraded. <br />Key however, to any changes on Highway 12 is elimination of the <br />current bottlenecks between where Highway 12 ceases to be a six <br />lane in Wayzata to the Hennepin County border. Two years ago the <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation had nothing programmed for <br />the next 28 years regarding Highway 12. As a result of interest <br />by the Willmar group they are looking to put some money <br />programmed for the mid -98's for certain safety improvements. <br />Given the current highway funding climate and politics a local <br />effort to at least designate the appropriate corridor to handle <br />the future needs is appropriate at this time, not only from a <br />transportation sspect but also from a land use standpoint. <br />The Orono City Council would like to invite you to attend a <br />meeting of various communities that have an interest in the <br />BUILDING a ZONING - 473.7W7 a ADMINISTRA73UN a FINANCE -473.7358 a PUBLIC WORKS -473-71i9 <br />ASSESSING <br />