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Item No. 11A Staff Report No. 97-2257C Meeting Date 10-27-97 • Type of Business CB WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Council Members From: Cathy Bennett, Director of Economic Development Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution No. 5175 Approving the City of Mounds View's application for participation in a Cooperative Agreement with Minnesota Department of Transportation Date of Report: October 24, 1997 Summary: The attached resolution and letter was prepared by consulting engineers at SEH requesting and supporting participation in a cooperative agreement with MnDot for the proposed signal at Edgewood Drive and Highway 10. The resolution is required to allow the funding of the signal to be considered by MnDot in their upcoming budget cycle. This budget cycle is for 1999 but, if approved, would be available to Mounds View in 1998. As part of the application which is due by November 1, 1997, the City is also required to submit an • estimated cost-sharing allocation, traffic study summary and preliminary layout of intersection and roadway alignment which are all attached. Although this information is preliminary and community meetings and firm Council action has not been taken with regards to the signal and roadway realignment,this is a critical step to assure that funding would be available if the City chooses to implement the signal and realignment along with the rind road concept. The City is not committed until we are requested to sign a"Cooperative Agreement". This resolution is applying to be considered to enter into such agreement. MnDot will review the applications in early January and make their recommendations as part of the budget. The City would not be requested to review the agreement until sometime in the spring of 1998. If the City chooses not to pursue the signal and road alignment we can always write a letter asking MnDot to remove us from the list. Background: Mounds View was one of four cities to participate in a design course sponsored by the University of Minnesota this spring. The focus in Mounds View was on design solutions for the Highway 10 corridor. The course resulted in the development of a"Ring Road"concept which would provide a local level road system on either side of Highway 10 between Edgewood Drive and County Road I. One of the key links in the Ring Road is through the O'Neil property which is located between Long Lake Road, County Road H2, and Highway 10. The link would connect a new signalized intersection at Edgewood Drive and Highway 10 and a new four way intersection at Mounds View Drive and Long 40 Lake Road.