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Mr. Rick Jopke April 23, 1998 Page 4 The third concern for the City is the impact on the wetland through which the road must travel. The impact can be reduced by partially using the Highway 10 right-of-way for a section of the ring road and by revising the alignment slightly to minimize impact on the northern portion of the wetland. In addition, there are opportunities for mitigation on site which could actually enhance the wetland. Positioning of the road along the edge of the wetland might also provide an opportunity to preserve or minimize other impacts. If the City can resolve the three issues, hopefully with cooperation from Mn/DOT, then the initial concept, which seems to be endorsed by various agencies, could proceed. Option 2- Alternate Access to County Road H2 The theater could conceivably gain access to Highway 10 via County Road H2. This was a consideration in some of the initial concepts. It was dropped since it would place traffic on County Road H2 both east and west of the theater entrance. It would hopefully provide direct access to Highway 10 via the County Road 112 signal. It is also likely that some traffic would travel west on County Road H2 and then north on Long Lake Road to reach Highway 10 rather than travel east on County Road H2. The direct connection would also provide access to County Road 112 to the west and Long Lake Road to the south which also would serve a portion of the theater market area. While this might be a relatively easy physical consideration for access to the theater, it drops the ring road concept which both the City and Mn/DOT have felt would be beneficial, It also does not address the traffic impact or concerns of the community center on Highway 10. Option 3-Alternate Access to Long Lake Road Under this concept,the theater would attempt to develop alternate access to Long Lake Road,which probably would resemble the ring mad. By providing a location on Long Lake Road for the access point which would not line up with Mounds View Drive, theoretically traffic would not use the access point,Long Lake Road and Mounds View Drive and instead use the Highway 10 and Long Lake Road intersection, This would still require construction of a relatively long frontage road connection with the associated costs and wetland impacts. It would also leave the concerns regarding the community center traffic, the Edgewood Drive intersection and other traffic issues unsolved. The ring road concept would still be dropped. Option 4 - Obtain Mn/DOT Approval Without the Frontage Road The review of the various letters from Mn/DOT would seem to indicate that the frontage road or ring road connection was not an essential ingredient to approval of the signal and a relocated Edgewood Drive intersection. However, Mn/DOT's position on traffic signal or relocation of Edgewood Drive was negative until the ring road concept was introduced to them. Mn/DOT's interpretation was that they were approving the traffic signal in conjunction with the complete concept including the ring road. 900Z Has 09TZ 061' ZT9 %V3 ZT:t0 f1H,L 98/SZ/b0