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CITY COUNCIL <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />ITEM NO. 5 <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director <br /> <br />WORK SESSION DATE: May 6, 2024 <br /> <br />TOPIC: I-35E/CRJ Interchange – Centerville Rd & CR J Intersection <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Final design for the I-35E Interchange is underway with construction proposed for spring of <br />2025. Recent discussion with the project management team has focused on the intersection of <br />County Road J and Centerville Road. The western leg of this intersection accesses Wilkinson <br />Lake Blvd, a private road. No other future accesses will be permitted between this intersection <br />and the Ash Street/Centerville Road access to the north. Accordingly the design needs to <br />accommodate future access to the northwest quadrant of the intersection, in Lino Lakes. <br /> <br />North Oaks Company (NOC), owner of the property in the northwest quadrant of the <br />intersection, has expressed interest in modification of this design to provide public street access <br />to their property. An alternative design has been prepared the would shift the intersection <br />northerly, providing direct public road access to the NOC property and allowing for Wilkinson <br />Lake Blvd to that street. An third option would be to leave the intersection in it’s current <br />location but curve the west approach northerly into Lino Lakes. <br /> <br />Each of these options will likely require cost share and maintenance agreements between the <br />parties involved. Shifting the road northerly would simplify these agreements and the road <br />access would be entirely within Lino Lakes. Additionally, shifting the intersection northerly <br />would allow for improved traffic operations during construction. Under this scenario the <br />existing intersection could maintain traffic through most of construction. <br /> <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL DIRECTION <br /> <br />Staff is requesting City Council receptiveness to relocating the intersection and/or assuming <br />jurisdiction of the west leg of the intersection. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />27