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tit Special Meeting of the Elk River City Council Elk River City Hall July 17, 1986 Members Present: Mayor Hinkle, Councilmembers Schuldt, Gunkel, and Engstrom Members Absent: Councilmember Williams Staff Present: Pat Klaers, City Administrator; Steve Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator; Lori Johnson, Finance Director; Terry Maurer, City Engineer Also Present: Representatives from the Deerfield 3rd Addition, Jerry Smith, Leo and Lou Pollack, and Dale Specht 1. Northern Access onto Highway 169 for the Deerfield 3rd Addition e Mayor Dick Hinkle opened discussion on this issue and reviewed a meeting that took place between Elk River Staff members, himself, and MN DOT representatives on July 7th in Elk River. During this discussion with MN DOT, it was determined that in order to obtain a new access onto Highway 169 to facilitate the Deer- field 3rd Addition, three issues had to be addressed. These three issues were (1) the servicing of MN DOT through a frontage road which would allow the MN DOT access onto Highway 169 to be closed in the future; (2) the obtaining of the access rights on Highway 169 which currently serve the Specht property; and (3) the realignment of 201 on the west side of 169 to match up with the proposed access for the Deerfield Addition on the east side of 169. The Mayor continued to discuss the meeting that took place between MN DOT representatives, himself, and developers of the Deerfield 3rd Addition in the MN DOT Brainerd office on Thursday morning July 17, 1986. This Brainerd meeting followed a staff and developer meeting on July 16, 1986. At this July 17th Brainerd meeting it was indicated to MN DOT that (1) the MN DOT property would be serviced by a frontage road coming from the south off of Elk Hills Drive that would be provided as part of the Deerfield 3rd Addition which would allow the access currently used by MN DOT onto Highway 169 to be closed; (2) written statements signed by Mr. Dale Specht and his parents were presented to MN DOT which release their access rights onto Highway 169; and (3) that the City was willing to work with MN DOT in the realigning of State Highway 201 on the west side of Highway 169 so that it will match up to the new proposed access which will service Deerfield 3rd Addition. This third point will allow for future signalization, if required. The Mayor then presented a letter dated July 17, 1986 from MN DOT District Engineer W. N. York which indicated that the Brainerd MN DOT office will recommend approval of the proposed access onto Highway 169 provided that the City fDllow through on the three issues presented to them and that no expenses be accured by MN DOT in relationship to this new access being constructed. e It was indicated by the Mayor that the first item desired by MN DOT was an abstract of the Specht property. It was further indicated by the Mayor that MN DOT and the City will have to work together on the location of the proposed new access and alignment of 201 on the east side to match into this new proposed access.