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CITY OF ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING - PUBLIC HEARING HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR STUDY/COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT City Administrator Bernhardson additionally added that the difference between the 600 available units minus the original 116, would have tt be negotiated between the cities of Medina and Long Lake. Medina is currently at their allocated capacity of 82 units in the system. Long Lake had an original 1,200 unite, which are not all are currently being used. To date, the City of Orono has used approximately 1/2 of the original units allocated to them (about 102 units). Chairman Kelley asked if the proposed service road going behind the Orono Shopping Center, would be the only access to the center. Mr. Shardlow explained that there is no proposal to eliminate the centers access directly onto Highway 12, basically because it would be very -vtly to do so. The rear access may be able to be designed to give the "nter access preferrable access, in which the center may choose to convert. Chairman Kelley asked what motivation would be given to the property owners to the south of Highway 12, (Van Dale and Washington Scientific), to share in the cost of reconstructing the roadways. City Administrator Bernhardson explained that in this area greater funding through City participation in the use of Municipal State Aid Funds. The property owners do have some interest in improvement of the access because they have safety concerns for their employees directly accessing on to Highway 12. Chairman Kelley address the proposal of Brown Road North being closed. He asked for justification for the closing, and whether it has been reviewed by MnDot or the City of Long Lake and the property owners along P-own Road North. City Administrator Bernhardson noted there is a petition from the property owners along Brown Road North regarding the volume of traffic and the speed on Brown Road North. The closing of the road has been mentioned to the City of Long Lake and their response is they are not in favor of the closing. The primary reason for development of the frontage road is for the east/west flow and property access, not the closing of Brown Road North. Taylor noted that from a traffic and a design point of view, there certainly is an understandable motivation to block the road off at the intersection ow between the intersection and the proposed curb cut in order to provide continued access to the Lank. In lealing with the affected property owners and the definition of unsafe access, these would be over riding the design criteria. Bellows noted that by making Brown Road North a little more dif icult to use by rerouting traffic temporarily, a preferable traffic pattern could be established. This may not necessarily be a perfect solution, but once the pattern for traffic has been established, Brown Road North may be reopened.