10-25-2005 City Council Meeting Items

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Pequot Lakes -Hwy 371 North October 7, 2005 Page 8of15 The City is okay with a rural, ditch-lined section for the service road south of West Lake Street (although it may be tight for MnDOT to design such, especially behind the Oasis). MnDOT is aware that where this proposed service road intersects West Lake Street, the sanitary sewer is relatively shallow here and this may impact some construction details. West Lake Street - West Woodman Street {1 block] 34. On the west side, MnDOT reviewed the situation, including the safety of routing traffic past the school, and agreed to pay for a standard 32-foot wide, ditch-lined, 10-ton service road. The City needs to acquire the R/W and pay for an urban, curb and guttered street section `above'the standard 32 foot ditch-lined roadway. MnDOT is aware that there is some City storm sewer at the intersection of 2nd Street and West Woodman Street that will need to be accounted for during design. Depending on traffic volumes north-south along this new road and east-west on West Lake Street and West Woodman Street, there may need to be either two-way or four-way stop sign conditions at these two intersections. Woodman Street - Jokela Street {approx. 0.5 miles} 35. MnDOT wants to move traffic safely and efficiently on TH 371. The City wants to provide access across the highway and on to and off of the highway for visitors as well as residents to the City, especially in this urban core area(which will expand as time goes on). As indicated in the split in thru town traffic versus local traffic from MnDOT's study referenced in Item No. 12 above,both the MnDOT and the City positions should be considered when reviewing intersections and accesses. Providing traffic on TH 371 options to get on to and off of local streets will give local traffic options and help relieve/manage congestion on the highway. The Council feels strongly that there should be more accesses allowed within the urban core area. Following are layouts of intersections and accesses on to and off of the proposed highway CAMy Documents\City Clerk\HIGHWAY 371\Meetings\102505 List of Issues for City MnDOT mtg-memo.doc