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~ L T'~ T' LAC ~V CITY 1Lf B L T TH QTY, L ~ ~S~ H L T TH L ~' QTY LL Members Present: Mayor Klinzing, Councilmembers Zerwas, Moon X7:17 p.m,}, and ~estgaard. EDA Commissioners Tveite and Touchette. Planning Commissioners Anderson, Bell, Johnson, Ives, Lemke, and Scott Members Absent: Councilmember Gumphrey, EDA President Dwyer, Planning Commissioner ~lestberg Staff Present; City Administrator Lori Johnson, Planning Manager Jeremy $arnhart, and Director of Economic Development Catherine Mehelich Also Present; Bruce Chamberlain and Bryan Hares of Hoisington I~,oegler Group, Inc, 1. Call Meeting To Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the joint meeting was called to order at 7:0o p.m. by the Council, the Economic Development Authority VEDA}, and the Planning Commission, 2. Focused Area Stud Phase II Bruce Chamberlain, Hoisington I~.oegler Group, xnc,, gave an introduction of the phase ZI study explaining why the study was being undertaken and addressing Highway 1o access issues. Mr. Chamberlain went through a PowerPoint presentation, then outlined four different transportation scenarios in detail and took comments and questions from the EDA, Planning Commission, Council, and the public in attendance. There was discussion about MnDaT's plans to mill and overlay east Highway 10 in 2013 and the impact that will have on existing businesses due to the median closures included in the plan, In order to complete the study, Mr. Chamberlain indicated that there were several items that needed to be defined, The first being should the study proceed assuming an interchange will eventually happen. After discussion it was agreed that the study should proceed assuming that there will eventually be an interchange within the study area, Mx. Chamberlain discussed the boundaries of the study area indicating that tlae east, west, and north boundaries were set by the highways and the river but the south boundary had not been defined, He questioned how far south that line should go. It was agreed that the southern border would be a line starting at the intersection of 1G5th Avenue and Highway 10 and proceeding along the tree line diagonally to the Mississippi River, Mr. Chamberlain questioned the timeframe t11at should be used for the study, It was agreed that tlae study should cover a ~o year timeframe.