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less land within the City of Lake Elmo and therefore leave more land available for other uses within said City; however, the City Council recognizes that this Alternate would really shift the burden of pro- viding this highway land on the City of Woodbury and hence is no benefit to the greater community interests which transcends our munici- pal boundary line. As to Alternate II, this Council has determined as indicated above that Alternate II would adversely affect the interests of this City by requiring frontage roads adjacent to the freeway. Such front- age roads because of the fact that they are generally useful from only one side are economically wasteful both in terms of the cost of construc- tion and maintenance of the frontage road and the loss in additional land. 2. The I-94 Management Committee has asked: "Identify possible measures which you might recommend to minimize the harm to adversely affected areas or items defined in Question l." RESPONSE Although not directly addressed above, it is known that there is concern about adequately serving adjacent communities in the C.R. 80 interchange area. Washington County recognizes that C.R. 80 (Inwood Avenue North) and proposed C.S.A.H. 35 (Radio Drive) will have to be substantially improved for some distance in both directions from the interchange. This is applicable to either alternate; however, with Alternate I, the funding for the reconstruction of C.R. 80 between T.H. 12 and I-94 would be with non -local monies. The same would be applicable to C.R. 19B and C.R. 15. In either case considerable emphasis must be given to control of noise and air pollution but in the case of Alternate II the far greater problem is presented by the need to protect existing development both dur- ing and after freeway construction. 3. The I-94 Management Committee has asked: "Identify criteria or items which you feel should guide the Committee in reaching a recommendation to the Commis- sioner of Highways". RESPONSE The City Council finds the following criteria and items to be important: (a) Residents needing relocation. (b) Businesses needing relocation. (c) Overall costs of the project. (d) Time needed to complete the project.