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Trunk Highway 169 Study Kickoff Meeting Minutes State Project 7106-73 May 9th, 200519:00 am Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River, MN PRESENT: Craig Robinson, MnDOT Jim Hallgren, MnDOT Timothy Bray, MnDOT Terry Maurer, Elk River Herb Murphy, Zimmerman Scott Young, Zimmerman John Dotseth, Zimmerman Randy Piasecki, Zimmerman Bob Gerold, Princeton Jesse Hall, Baldwin TWP. Jesse Hall, Baldwin TWP. Don Sherper, Livonia TWP. Lila Spencer, Livonia TWP. Rhonda Lewis, Sherburne County Nancy Riddle, Sherburne County Jon Sevald, Sherburne County Dick Corbin, Sherburne County Richard Larson, Mille Lacs County INFORMATION ITEMS: The meeting started by Craig Robinson introducing himself as the District 3 Project Development Engineer and the person who is overall in charge of this Engineering study. Craig also introduced Timothy Bray as the MnDOT Project Manager for this Study. He explained that Tim would be the primary point of contact for questions regarding this project. It was explained that MnDOT has already begun the process to select a private engineering consultant to help with the actual analysis and documentation of the proposed alternatives. The process of selecting the consultant is expected to be completed by late summer of 2005. Once the consultant is selected the whole study process is expected to last between 2-3 years depending on the level of required environmental documentation. Funding for the preparation of the environmental documentation has been secured. There is no funding identified for construction of any portion of this project in the MnDOT's 10 year plan with the exception of the CSAH 4 interchange in Zimmerman. The objective is to complete the documentation phase of this project in order that it can be moved directly into the final design phase and actual construction if the funding becomes available. The proposed project scope was discussed and a summery map was handed out. The limits of this project are expected to be from roughly the junction of US Hwy 10 in Elk River, to State Hwy 95 North of Princeton. Although the official traffic forecast has not been completed, it is expected that the section of TH 169 between Elk River and Zimmerman will be 6-lane divided Freeway with a local interchanges at major roadway crossings. From Zimmerman North it is expected to be a 4-lane divided freeway or expressway with a combination of both local interchanges and at-grade intersections. Each of the counties, cities and townships were asked to appoint 1-2 representatives for a project advisory committee that will meet roughly once a month or as needed. Although not absolutely necessary it was requested that appointees to this committee be the engineering representative for each of the roadway authorities. Please forward the names and contact information of these people to Timothy Bray at your earliest convenience. An invitation to the first meeting will be sent as soon as all the names have been compiled.