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giver MEMORANDUM TO: Redevelopment Framewprk Task Force CC: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott Clark, Community Development Director DATE: August 13, 2007 I~I SUBJECT: Highway 10 Discussion Attachments • Revised Pages 30, 31 and 33 of Draft Plan • Elevated Roadway Image • Depressed Roadway Image • "As-Is" Roadway Image Issue Based on direction from the City Council (see',attached minutes dated July 9, 2007) the Task Force was asked to reconsider their initial recommendation of eliminating the Main Street crossing at Highway 10 on the Illustrative Master Plan. Also attached are the minutes from the Task Force's meeting of March 5, 2007 w ere the subject of Highway 10 was originally discussed. From a recommendation standpoint there appears to be .four design options: 1) Keep Jackson Avenue and Main Street "as is" (on-grade). Attachment I. 2) Eliminate one of the aforementioned streets per the original recommendation. 3) Elevate the roadway as shown on attachment II. 4) Depress the roadway as show on 1?,~ttachment III. As described on the attached "Roadway Desi~n Option "(from page 31 of the first approved Draft Plan each option carries with it a series of advantages and disadvantages. Part of the reason for these difficulties is the need for balancing the needs and objectives of MnDot versus the City's wants, and secondly, design options are limited due to the edge of the existing core downtown buildings on the south and the railroad line to the north.