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WMSETH <br /> SNUM MEMO <br /> NQL nNG 2000 Industrial Park Rd S P.O.Box 2720 Baxter,MN 56425 <br /> Phone:218-829-5117 Fax:218-829-2517 <br /> Date: October 7, 2005 File#: 130B025 <br /> To: Pequot Lakes City Council, TH 371 Committee, and Tim Bray at MnDOT <br /> From: Tim Houle &Mike Rude <br /> Subject: Highway 371 North Improvement Project <br /> The City Council has set Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 6:00 pm at Pequot Lakes City Hall for a <br /> Work Session with MnDOT on the above subject project. <br /> MnDOT should note that the City is conducting a Downtown Plan process. The results of this <br /> process may impact decisions regarding the proposed TH 371 four-lane project coming through <br /> town. The City anticipates the Downtown Plan to be completed by the end of 2005, and with the <br /> possibility of some follow-up meetings,may not be able to make final decisions on the highway <br /> until the spring of 2006. <br /> The following is a comprehensive list of the issues discussed to date. <br /> The items are numbered for ease of referencing them(i.e. they are not in any kind of ranked <br /> importance). <br /> If one needs more details, please refer back to previous memo's similar to this format. In this <br /> memo,we have attempted to summarize/remove text on the items that are non-controversial or <br /> where agreement appears to have been reached. <br /> Following this memo is a spreadsheet with estimated potential City costs for this project. <br /> Questions, outstanding issues between the City and MnDOT, and items of note are shown in <br /> italics. <br /> General <br /> 1. The TH 371 Committee has met periodically since January of 2005. <br /> The City Council has conducted three Workshops to review the Committee's work- one on <br /> March 23 (generally the south"half'), one on July 19 (generally the north"half'), and one <br /> on September 27 (overall). <br /> 2. In past memo's, this item included a listing of TH 371 Committee Members. Other <br /> interested parties in attendance have included representatives from the school district and <br /> local businesses. <br /> C:\My Documents\City Clerk\HIGHWAY 371\Meetings\102505 List of Issues for City MnDOT mtg-memo.doc <br />