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CASE #: ~ AUTHORIZING THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT HIGHWAY 10 ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW (AUAR) FOR COMMENTS AND REVIEW. By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Assistant Community Development Director Brian Olson, P.E., Assistant Public Works Director Background: The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) conducted a Hwy. 10 Inter- Regional Corridor study in 2002 that outlined the deficiencies and needs of the Hwy. 10 corridor through the next 20+ years. Several alternatives were identified in the IRC study, including realignment of the existing corridor. In an effort to preserve all of the options presented in the IRC study, the City has taken an active interest in preserving the corridor as much as possible until such time funding is available. The combination of transportation and land use factors currently facing the Hwy. 10 corridor creates an immediate need for the City to explore tools for transportation management, right-of-way preservation, and further land use planning. In order to begin the process of studying the Highway 10 corridor and become eligible for funding that will preserve and/or purchase property within the Hwy. 10 corridor, the City initiated the Hwy. 10 AUAR on June 24, 2003. Due to the need to preserve the land included in this AUAR, the City adopted a six month moratorium on the affected land. This moratorium became effective on August 22, 2003 and is scheduled to expire on February 22, 2004. The AUAR will evaluate several tools that could be potentially used to preserve and protect t he H wy. 1 0 corridor. These tools include official mapping, r ezoning, o r land use/policy planning focused on the TH 10 corridor. The following items are part of the case: a) b) c) d) Hwy. 10 Draft AUAR document. Resolution authorizing release of HWY. 10 Draft AUAR. Schedule of activities Letter to the property owners along Hwy. 10 Observations: As the Hwy. 10 AUAR document will explore alternatives on how to preserve the Hwy. 10 corridor and does not contemplate the actual construction of a new highway, many of the items for review contained in the AUAR do not apply at this time. There will need to be much more environmental review conducted prior to actual design and construction of a new Hwy. 10. However, the AUAR should provide the level of environmental review necessary for MnDOT to create an official map of the future corridor.