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Ms Haake then asked for questions or comments from tiha floor. <br />~ ) Hs Mountin dontinued. 5he feels the only answer to complotely <br />" get away frnm tha int4rchange would bo leaving off a small <br />piece, leaving room for linkage at some futuro daee, <br />Ms Haake then introduced the project manager for DOT, Loren Niil <br />and their oonsuitsnt engineer, James Book of Barton-Aschmnnn 8 <br />Associates. <br />I Councilman Baumgartner asked what a minor arteria.l street is, <br />and Mr H111 anawered that the traffic is 2,000 to 5,000 ADT, and' <br />that Silver Lake Road is a minor arterial. Mr Baumgartner asked <br />I if it had a wfdth dimension. Mr Hilt replied that it could still <br />'1 hnva two lanes, <br />Mike McCauley <br />8045 Sunnyside Road <br />Mr McCauley quvstioned as to w}:at a majar arterial street is. <br />Mr Hill repied that Old Hightiaay 10 is a good example. <br />i Bob Yage <br />8420 Red Oak Drive <br />~,f <br />;,~ Mr Page asked what the just3fication is for an interchange, and <br />,--~` what about the airport issue7 <br />~i i <br />,i _.. Admin Achen repliad that the industrinl land in Hlaine, off of; <br />~ Radisson, and its potential for future devalopment is particulsrly <br />dapendent on'the naw airpoxt issue. If there isn~t going to be <br />J' a new airport, there is hopo that some part of the old a,±rport <br />will ramain. If it is used as an airport, the lar.d cannot be <br />3evelopod indapendently. 'If it is abandonad, it is Blaines hope <br />that the'whule property would be used for industrial growth. It <br />was suggastad that this questinn wait until the Slaine Engfneer <br />arrivas. <br />Jim Book, consulting enginaer, axplained tl:at this alignmant was <br />planned in the late '60s by DOT. Although the plan is complaiely <br />drawn up, due to logislation that occurred'during that time it <br />must now go through tha environmental impact procass. The ber <br />chart (on tho tivall) shows tlie steps that hava to be gano through <br />before yoix can actually drive the cars down the highway. First, <br />look.iiito the road. Second, lay out the corridors and alterna- <br />k.ivc+~, and go th;ough tha gublic hearing sequence. This is the <br />m9,tigation stop. Thirdly, approval of the location whera the <br />corrider is,salected. Fourth, lay out devalopment and 'approva?s, <br />and the design study reporY. <br />Tom Johnson <br />8025 Red Oak Drive <br />i <br />__.... . . ... „.. .. .......~,...:., <br />_. .,...i~:~:: <br />