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! <br /> • ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 28, 1977 Page 3 <br /> � 5. Traffic and speed will be increased in PUBLIC HEARING <br /> proposed area. (Continued) <br /> � 6. Mr. Schmitt and Mr. I�2cCulley will donate land <br /> to eliminate 45 degree turn at Hennepin County Roads <br /> � #84 and #19. . <br /> � Mayor Van Nest comr.►ented that wetlands will be <br /> � affected if we were to consider eliminating the 45 degree <br /> turn. <br /> a <br /> Mr. Herbert Ross, 3440 Bayside Road, stated that <br /> � this proposal should be a function of Hennepin <br /> ` County; also, this proposal will not solve the ' <br /> problem. <br /> � Mr. Bernard Kogan, Long Lake, stated that: <br /> r <br /> l. Concerns with additional traffic into Long Lake. <br /> � 2. Distance to Minneapolis will not be reduced. <br /> 3. Consumption of gas will be increased and will <br /> � add to the current energy crisis. <br /> � Mayor Van Nest commented that proposed costs are <br /> an estimate only and this proposal is not for a <br /> freeway but for a two-lane highway. <br /> M <br /> Dr. Robert Gehrman, 4300 Sixth Avenue North, asked: <br /> � Is this meeting to hear us all? <br /> � Mayor Van Nest: We want public input from all citizens. <br /> � Dr. Gehrman: The intersection at County Road #6 and <br /> � State Highway #12 is very dangerous. <br /> � Ronnie Kullberg, 3600 Shoreline Drive: Emergency <br /> vehicles will be benefited by this proposal. <br /> � • <br /> � Marie Peterson, 745 Orchard Park Road: The sun <br /> bothers vision and interferes with sight distance at <br /> � certain times of the year. <br /> � Donald White, 180 North Shore Drive West: Would like <br /> to see proposed road built to the north rather than <br /> � the 45 degree turn. Other alternatives should be <br /> • considered using the present street system to relieve <br /> traffic on Hennepin County Road #15. <br /> � Craig Spencer, Hennepin County Public Works, stated <br /> � that County Road #110 is in a current five-year program. <br /> Right-of-way acquisition is planned for 1978 and <br /> � construction in 1979. Hennepin County is attempting to <br /> develop alternatives and find a solution favorable to <br /> � all citizens. (Continued) <br /> i <br />• <br /> s <br />