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The concept of removing the interchanges and limiting the number of access points was —IN presented to. the City Council in the fall of 2007. After some negotiation, the City accepted the removal of the interchanges and that only three access points would be allowed along the bypass route. On October 2, 2007 the City and Mn/DOT entered into an official Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that established a clear understanding of the conditions under which Mn/DOT could consider changing the preferred alternative to the Pequot Lakes Bypass option. This MOA can be found in Appendix A of the SFEIS. Mn/DOT also advised the City Council that a change in the preferred alternative would require an official supplement to the already- completed environmental review and documentation process. On December 18, 2007, the Pequot Lakes City Council passed resolution 07 -32 that accepted the findings of the Highway 371 Alternate Route Study Group. It also rescinded previous resolutions 04 -002 and 06 -23 and reaffirmed the City's preference for a Highway 371 bypass around Pequot Lakes. All three resolutions are included in Appendix C of the SFEIS. Therefore, Alternative 2 has been dismissed from further consideration primarily because it lacked support from .the Pequot Lakes City Council. Without City Council support, Mn/DOT would not be able to obtain Municipal Consent, required by state law prior to project implementation. Mn/DOT views Municipal Consent as a project endorsement that cannot be easily changed by shifts in City officials. This is an important consideration given the length of time it takes to develop large scale projects such as the Highway 3 71 North Improvement Project. Alternative 3 — Existing Alignment with Pequot Lakes Bypass -� This alternative would have reconstructed Highway 371 as a four -lane roadway on its existing alignment from CSAH 18 in Nisswa to approximately one mile north of CR 107/168 south of downtown Pequot Lakes. At that point, Highway 371 would have been reconstructed on a new alignment extending along the east edge of the downtown Pequot Lakes area; intersecting CSAH 11 approximately one -half mile east of the existing Highway 371 /CSAH 11 intersection_ The bypass would have continued north and crossed County Road 16 approximately one third of a mile east. of the existing Highway 371 /CSAH 16 intersection. The bypass alignment then would have returned to the existing Highway 371 corridor on the south edge of downtown Jenkins and continue along the existing alignment through the Jenkins and Pine River areas. The Pequot Lakes Bypass segment of Alternative 3 from north of CR 107/168 to north of CSAH 16 would have been access controlled with interchanges planned at the south end of the bypass, CSAH 11, and CSAH 16. It is anticipated that this alternative would have included a turn -back of the existing Highway 371 alignment, through Pequot Lakes, to the jurisdiction df Crow Wing County. This build alternative was not carried forward from the DEIS phase due to the projected high cost (including the interchanges), as well as lack of support by the Pequot Lakes City Council at the time of the 2005 FEIS. Alternative 3MOD — Existing Alignment with Pequot Lakes Bypass — Selected Alternative . This build alternative proposes the expansion of Highway 371 to a four -lane divided roadway on its existing alignment from CSAH 18 in Nisswa to just south of CR 107 /168 in Pequot Lakes. At that point, Highway 371 would be reconstructed on a new alignment extending along the east -� edge of the downtown Pequot Lakes area; intersecting CSAH 11 approximately one -half mile TH 371 • Adequacy Determination Nisswa to Pine River 4 October 2010