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JOINT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 29,1998 <br />were presented. Staff recommendations will be presented to the Task Force and they will <br />be discussing them and come to some conclusion about the Birch Street bridge over <br />I -35E as well as the potential upgrade of Birch Street. He encourage all residents to attend <br />that meeting. <br />Mr. Short presented an I -35E corridor committee study. This study was prepared in 1993 <br />and many issues discussed this evening are also discussed in this study. He suggested that <br />Hugo and Lino Lakes review the study. Mr. Sand explained that MnDOT is looking at <br />separating the I-35EJ694 traffic in the commons area. Mr. Short suggested that the <br />communities get together and prepare a regional transportation plan. He said when <br />communities cooperate,.the cooperation has more of an impact on MnDOT. <br />Mr. Museus explained that the Hugo city council will be discussing their transportation <br />plan shortly. He also noted that Hugo has been requested to extend sanitary sewer service <br />around the north end of Bald Eagle Lake. Hugo has already received one call from a Lino <br />Lakes residents asking if they could hook to that utility service. He suggested Hugo and <br />Lino Lakes address this matter. Mr. Sand explained that there had been some talk about <br />extending a sewer interceptor down Centerville Road but since White Bear Township has <br />made sewer service available to the commercial development south of County Road J, <br />there has been no more discussion about an interceptor. He said that White Bear <br />Township is basically all developed and most of the town is sewered. The new <br />comprehensive plan looks very similar to the 1984 plan. <br />Mr. Weisenburger asked Mr. Kern if Lino Lakes is including the completion of the <br />interchange at County Road J and the freeway in its transportation plan. Mr. <br />Weisenburger said it would be in the best interest of Lino Lakes to have a complete <br />interchange there because there is a lot of traffic going through Lino Lakes to the theaters. <br />At this time, if anyone from Hugo wants to go to a movie, they have to go through Lino <br />Lakes on Main Street to either Otter Lake Road or 20th Street and then south to the <br />theater. In addition, if the trucks from the White Bear Township industrial development <br />along Centerville Road want to go north on I -35E, they have to go through Lino Lakes to <br />Main Street and then to the freeway. He noted that the north 1/2 of County Road J/1 -35E <br />interchange is not in White Bear Township. <br />Council Member Bergeson explained the Lino Lakes City Charter has made extending <br />services in the City difficult because the residents have the ability to petition against <br />assessments. He also noted that the land immediately adjoining County Road J on the <br />north side was placed in a land trust and will not be available for development. <br />Hugo Council Member Barnes asked if the Otter Lake Road/Main Street intersection will <br />be signaled. Mr. Powell said that Anoka County has not addressed this question. Mr. <br />Ahrens said that it probably will depend upon the industrial development. There has been <br />no discussion about upgrading the freeway bridge although it is in the Centerville plan. <br />Mr. Short noted that Vadnais Heights rebuilt the County Road E interchange at I -35E and <br />PAGE 11 <br />