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