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e JUl 'l 7 1991 _ / } ~ ~ ~ ~ CONSUITING ENGINEERS ~_I Maier Stewart & Associates Inc. July 26, 1993 File: 230-175-20 INFORMATION Mr. Pat Klaers City Administrator City of Elk River P.O. Box 490 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 R~: SCHOOL STREET/JACKSON AVENlJE INTERSECTION Dear Mr. Klaers: e Last Thesday, July 20, 1993, I met with the Elk River School District regarding the City's plans for upgrading and signalizing the intersection of School Street and Jackson Avenue. In attendance at the meeting were Dr. David Flannery, Mr. Lloyd Brutlag, Ms. Vera Bergoyn, and Mr. Mike Gorman from BR~ Inc., the School District's traffic engineer. At the meeting, I briefly reviewed the construction plans for the upgrading of the intersection, including the signalization. I indicated the City felt that a 4-lane roadway was the best long-term solution for the traffic problems on School Street. The School District has serious reservations regarding a 4-lane facility on School Street. Their concerns are two-fold: first, they have a great concern about school children crossing a 4-lane road between Jackson Avenue and Highway 169 in the location of the two elementary schools. Their second concern is the difficulty of getting bus and vehicle traffic from the parking lots out onto a 4-lane facility. Mr. Gorman has been hired by the School District to analyze their overall transportation needs. This includes looking at internal routing of future roads, timing of vehicle traffic, and possible pedestrian and/or vehicle signalization on School Street. Dr. Flannery also indicated the School District is considering some changes in the High School/Junior High alignment which may have an impact on the traffic on School Street. Decisions relative to these potential changes will not be known until early next year. e I indicated that the City's current plans would not preclude the potential for a 3-lane rather than a 4-lane design along School Street. We discussed that a 3-lane design would likely be of similar width to a 4-lane design, only with a different striping configuration. I asked Dr. Flannery what his desire would be, given two options: the first to proceed with the City's plans to upgrade the intersection as designed, and consider the upgrading of the overall length of School Street and Jackson Avenue at a later date, or the second alternative, to put the current plans on the shelf, allow the School District time to go through their planning process, and come back with a 1994 project which hopefully would meet both the goals of the City and the School District. Dr. Flannery's choice would be the latter, that is to wait until 1994. He indicated he would take an 1959 SLOAN PLACE, SUITE 200, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55117 612-774-6021 9800 SHELARD PARKWAY, SUITE 102, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55441 612-546-0432 . Equal Opportunity Employer