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associated with the creation of a business park as guided by the City's Comprehensive Plan, Incorporating <br />a Gateway station in Lake Elmo will require station area planning resources to ensure that Lake Elmo is <br />maximizing economic development potential and ridership. The City Lake Elmo requests thorough <br />analysis of economic development potential to assist in guiding the placement of Gateway stations in <br />the corridor segment from Keats Avenue to Manning Avenue as well as planning resources from the <br />Gateway Corridor Commission and Washington County to assist with transit oriented <br />development/station area planning. <br />4. Lake Elmo Avenue serves as an important access point to downtown Lake Elmo. Due to the proximity of <br />the road to both the Lake and developed neighborhoods, future expansion is constrained through the <br />downtown area and the roadway cannot functionally handle additional growth in the regional movement <br />of traffic beyond what is currently forecasted. The City of Lake Elmo recognizes that while the <br />Gateway Corridor project will likely not preclude an interchange in this location, it would like to <br />take this opportunity to state to Washington County, the Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />and the Federal Highways Administration that an interchange is NOT desired in this location. <br />5. Safety and security at BRT stations for transit patrons and surrounding businesses and neighborhoods is <br />very important to Lake Elmo. BRT Stations should be designed to be safe and secure environments that <br />incorporate design elements to deter crime such as good lighting, visibility, security monitoring. The City <br />of Lake Elmo requests a safety and security plan to ensure that adequate resources are provided at <br />a regional and local level to effectively address safety and security concerns at Gateway Corridor <br />facilities. <br />6. The City of Lake Elmo would also support an A-B-C-D2-E3 alignment and continued evaluation as <br />part of the Draft EIS. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution adopted by the City of Lake Elmo be forwarded to the <br />Metropolitan Council for their consideration. <br />;CITY OF ELMO <br />Mike Pearson <br />Mayor <br />Adam ge-11 <br />City Clerk <br />