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d) US 169, St. Peter <br />e) CSAH 17/France Ave, Edina <br />f) Hwy 55, Minneapolis <br />g) MN-28, Glenwood <br /> <br />Discussion Notes <br />Front Right Table (+ Beth) <br />• 61 as dangerous and unappealing <br />• Access control concerns – getting on/off 61 (ex. Dominos) <br />• Envision 4-lane with amenities – sidewalk on both sides and streetscape amenities may attract <br />businesses <br />• Look and feel of Frenchman or look and feel of White Bear Lake <br />• 3-lane doesn’t feel appropriate with traffic volumes – traffic backing up from Buffalo up to <br />Frenchman <br />• Outside of downtown, don’t want bottle necks <br />• Mobility as priority for both cars and peds – ped facilities set far enough back <br /> <br />Back Right Table (+ Max) <br />• Envision pattern of future development to be a backwards “C” with Frenchman, Highway 61, and <br />170th (with new interchange with 35) <br />• Create “feel that makes people want to come” – if development by the freeway is more car focused, <br />what does a more ped friendly downtown look like? <br />• How to work with geographic boundaries – lake, wetlands, etc. Could be unique opportunity to <br />highlight and incorporate these into vision <br />• How to harness trail corridor <br />• Additional lighting, more lighting to feel safe/comfortable <br />• Concerns with 4-lane and ped distance to cross <br />• Make it a destination <br /> <br />Back Left Table ( + Rachel) <br />• “Frenchman goes north” keep aesthetic consistency with Frenchman, consistency as important <br />• 4-lanes with median <br />• Not just pass through, but destination <br />• South of Frenchman, more residential <br />• Maintain consistency with Frenchman <br />• Different feel in downtown versus north and south – buildings close in downtown, right next to rail <br />property and intensify recreation corridor <br />• Create better, more comfortable crossings <br />• Traffic moves more freely outside of downtown, slow down in downtown <br />• Access supported by roundabouts <br /> <br /> <br />Front Left Table (Commissioner Miron, Bryan Bear, and Planning Commission Member + Maddie) <br />• Main street feel in downtown – more pedestrian friendly, more attractive, less need for free flow <br />traffic, no need for parking <br />• Away from downtown, moving traffic is higher priority <br />• Downtown starts somewhere between 130th and 140th