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Pequot Lakes Hwy 371 Alternate Route Joint Committee of the City Council and Planning Commission June 5, 2007 Drive. There is a possibility that Morehouse Drive could be connected to Schmidt Way that connects to Old 371. However, please note that Schmidt Way is only a gravel road at present. Heading north, the alternate route is shown to cut through Tree Farm Road. MnDOT will need to make provisions (service roads or such) to "reconnect" the east side, or dead-end side, of Tree Farm Road back to the rest of the City street system. In the downtown area, we would expect to see the present TH 371 as a "turn back"from MnDOT to Crow Wing County. Related to this, the City should not be surprised if CSAH 11 west of the present TH 371 (Main and Front streets), as well as CR 112 from CSAH 11 north to the alternate route TH 371, become "turn backs"from the County to the City. Road segments that are "turned back" in this manner are generally improved to an agreed-upon condition, or funds provided for this purpose, at the time ownership changes. As future development progresses east from the downtown core and around the alternate route, the alternate route's proposed three intersections will be focal points for the continuation of the City's street system. Not too unlike the present situation. One analogy is to maybe think of the alternate route as the Mississippi River in Brainerd, and the proposed three intersections being the bridges over the Mississippi River. Brainerd has four bridges; one on Mill Avenue north of the City, one on TH 2101Washington Street, one on Laurel Street, and one on College Road. If traffic wants to go from one side of the river to the other, no matter which City street it starts out on or which City street it ends up on, sooner or later, that traffic has to make its way to one of these four streets that cross the river. How will access to the Business Park be provided? Present access to the Business Park is, one way or another, off of Old 371. Old 371 is accessed from the south at the Hwy 371/Derksen Road/Old 371 intersection, from the west via Hwy 371 and Morehouse Drive, and from the north via the CSAH 11/CR 112 intersection. Under the proposed alternate route layout, we believe that access to those Business Park lots that remain after construction will continue to be off of Old 371. Old 371 will continue to be accessed as before. Page 2 of 5 CADocuments and SettingsWawnbTocal SeffingsUemporary Internet Fi1es\0LK13D\060507-Joint Cojinrihind PZ_doc,