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r JOINT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 29, 1998 alignment to the north and connect to Main Street(the existing County Road 8A). The _ new intersection would require signal light. This plan was shown as Option A on the r... map. This option would bypass the downtown area of Hugo and take the industrial traffic out of downtown and bring it to the freeway. This plan is shown on the map as Option B. Acting Mayor Lyden said that Option B looked great. Mr. Angus noted that this is a controversial plan but all options should be reviewed. Mr. Angus noted that the Wenzel property located at the western border of Hugo and bordering Elmcrest Avenue. One of the preliminary concepts for development of the property indicates that there would be no use for Elmcrest Avenue. Hugo is under the impression that Lino Lakes does not have any intention of allowing the industrial property to the west of Elmcrest Avenue to have a direct connection to Elmcrest Avenue. As a result of that, Lino Lakes will probably not want to incur any additional expenses with Elmcrest Avenue. Hugo is looking at the possibility of eliminating Elmcrest Avenue totally. A gentleman in the audience asked how Option B would solve Hugo's transportation problem. The traffic still must make a right turn onto Elmcrest Avenue and a left turn onto Main Street. Mr. Museus said that this option is not being driven by Washington County. However, there probably will be some street connecting Highway 61 and Elmcrest Avenue. It has not been decided as to whether it will be a county road or a city street. In addition the Rice Creek Watershed District opposes Option B because it crosses Clearwater Creek twice. There are some environmental issues. `.. Donna Carlson asked why the citizens are not finding out about this information. The citizens found out about this meeting through legal notices in the local newspaper. Mr. Angus explained that an informational meeting was held for the citizens of Hugo. However, this is the first presentation of Hugo's transportation plan to the City of Lino Lakes-This plan is in the preliminary process. The City of Hugo has made no decisions. Ms. Carlson said that Lino Lakes was talking about a bridge over the freeway and extending Birch Street to the freeway which would make it very convenient for traffic to go west on Birch Street including industrial traffic from Hugo. Mr. Angus felt that industrial traffic would want to go the freeway interchange on Main Street. A gentleman in the audience said that traffic coming west from Hugo would not turn north on Elmcrest to Main Street, it would continue west on Cedar Street to Otter Lake Road and then south to the County Road J intersection. The gentleman noted that Cedar Street is not designed for industrial traffic. Another gentleman in the audience asked how the residents of Hugo are responding to these proposals. Mr. Angus explained the developer of the Wenzel property did not like Option B,the property owners in the area where Option A has County Road 8A swinging north to Main Street did not like Option A. Another gentleman in the audience said that Hugo should not impact Lino Lakes at all. u PAGE 8