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Mr Johnson stated that DOT hus not been sensltiva to community interesL. Ho is wandoring !f OOT will be 2*.y more sympathetic ~ to Mounds View citizens. Mr Hill responded, "You b~t". ~ Davo Westrum Anoka i Mr Westrum asked what advantaga there was in this interchange to ~ Mounds Viaw1 Mr Book replied that he was not in a position to enswer that. Mr H111 seid that in about a year and e half they will louk into ~ the ramificatinns of an interchango. They are not sure tha hfgh- way will be built along that alignment. There are cthar alter- ~ natives. They a:e louking at a corridor, nct an interchange at ; this polnt. ~ Ms Haake asked what distnnce the Highwuy Department wants between ~ intorchangesl Mr Book repl.ied the purp~se was not to creato alat of cross tref- I fic. DOT would like 3t as far apart ns possible. Freeway stan- ~ dards have not changed as a result of lowering the spaed limit. ~ Jim Bergstrom ~ 8400 Red Oak Drive Mr Bergstrom stuted the Directvr vf the Golden Va11ey o~fi~e said this particular interchange is to be lat in 1981 and com~leted in I983. Is lt a cut and dried situation? It does absolutely no good for Mounds View. We allowad more housas to be bUilt and no~a tl~ey are coming through and ruining everything that has been done. He have to f.ight it: now, it is going to ruin the whole community. We cannot widen Red Oak anough to facilitate the traffic that will bo on it. We will go Lo any extreme, peacaEully, to defeat this thing. i Bill Warner l Z765 Sherwaod ! Mr Warner echoad the previous stxtements. we xre nnt quite yat i~ at tl~t~ stago £or actual citizen input un the interrhango. There ~ is ulot of sentiment againsi it, We ara concerned whon this wi71 ! 'actually ba considered. + Mr Hi17, repliad that ha will be corresponding with Admir. Aclien i in the winter of 1978-79. The exact date depends on many things, ~ but it gives yau an advantage being hera early. ~ Bill Warner continued. Whether or not Blaine wants an indastrial , pa~s~k ,hould not enter into this. We want to get our input in , early enuugh, because it is hard to stap them aftox• awhile. We ~ want to tell DOT about this Li basic terms, axid we waat an &nswar ,~ as to whether they tivi21 accepY ft.