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Proposal No. 6 will include a full allowance for landscaping. Trees and shrubs will be planted beyond the concrete curbs on either side of the 40 foot wide road. Roadsides will be planted with native prairie grasses and a native wildflower mix with an interim crop of annual oats to reduce runoff and improve initial visual concerns. This work will be coordinated with the landscaping staff of MnDOT. Proposal No. 6 is in full compliance with the Comprehensive Plans of Lake Elmo on that portion within Lake Elmo. Oakdale jurisdiction includes the north half of CSAH 10 for 1/2 mile east of I-694. Lake Elmo's jurisdiction includes all the road on the south half of CSAH 10 and the north half of CSAH 10 for 1/2 mile west of Inwood Ave. The 1990 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan reads as follows: County Road 70 (Minnehaha Avenue) has the potential of becoming a route between West lakeland, Woodbury and Oakdale, paralleling the Freeway. The City would oppose any proposal by the County to make this another major east west thoroughfare ! like TH 5, which has proven to be damaging to the cohesiveness of the City and the safety of the residents. The Wahington County Public Works Department has written that Proposal 5 is not part of a plan to extend a 4 lane divided highway east into West Lakeland. Conversely, the County has stated to the Lake Elmo City Council and the Lake Elmo Planning Commission that this design would gradually be implemented to the east with work to begin outside the 1993-1997 Capital Improvement Program. During the reconstruction of I-94, Federal funds were used to make Inwood Ave. into a four land divided highway. The road, which was built about 5 years ago, is functioning at less than 25% of design capacity. CSAH 10 and CSAH 13 are often used as a route between Woodbury and Oakdale. Traffic has diminished as retail businesses have developed in Woodbury adjacent