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Mr. Stowasser, 7846 Long Lake Road, asked who would be paying for the
semaphores.
Mayor Neisen answered that the County and State would split the cost
at County Road I. At County Road H2 the State would pay one -half, the
County one - fourth, and the City one - fourth. However, the City's one - fourth
will be paid out of MSA funds. Operating costs will be split similarly.
Mr. Ole Bacon, 2625 Highway #10, stated that making Eastwood and Greenwood
one -way streets might be a good interim solution so that once new Highway
#10 is completed the City is not stuck with a number of dead end streets.
Mr. Stowasser suggested that it might be better to put the light at Long
Lake Road rather than County Road I.
Mr. VanWormer stated that the Long Lake intersection had been considered
but eliminated, because the distance between intersections would not allow
proper synchronization of the lights.
Mr. Fiedler, 8040 Eastwood, stated that he had passed a petition in which
8 out of 20 of the Eastwood residents had been in favor of a cul -de -sac,
and thus he felt this was the proper solution.
Mr. Ole Bacon stated that he was opposed to the cul -de -sac, because it is
a handicap for Eastwood residents between County Road I and Hillview Road.
Engineer Bearden suggested that a median on County Road I extending past
Eastwood could solve the problem for both Eastwood and Greenwood,
Mr. VanWormer stated that this might be a good idea.
Mr. Buckley, 7770 Greenwood Drive, stated his concern that if a shorter
median were installed, Greenwood Drive would get all the left turn traffic,
and this could be solved by extending the median to his street.
Mr. Bob Glazer stated his support for constructing cul -de -sacs on both
Greenwood and Eastwood.
Engineer Bearden stated that the Mounds View Square parking outlet does
not line up with Greenwood. Thus an opening in the median could be provided
for the outlet, but the median would still prevent left turns into Greenwood.
Mr. Ed Donatelle suggested postponing construction of islands or medians
to allow time to evaluate the impact of the semaphores.
Mr. VanWormer noted that the legal time requirements for contracting such
work would mean that medians and islands could not be installed until at
least ten months after the decision had been made.
Mr. Bob Larson stated that he favored blocking Greenfield.
Mr. Ed Donatelle argued that Woodale was too narrow to accommodate all the
traffic that would result from blocking Greenfield.
Mr. Martinson, 2127 Pinewood Drive spoke in favor of the semaphores on Highway
#10.