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CONSIDER HIGHWAY 10 MEDIAN cLOSURES By: Steven J Jank0wski, Ci_ty Engineer Background: .... M~fl3oT has released plans for the 2005 overlay projects..As a part of this work MnDOT would like to remove several of the more problematic median openings. Below are the medians which have been proposed for closure al6ng with the number of trafSc accidents (in parenthesis) which have taken placed Within a three year period between january 1, 2000 and December 3 l, 2002: . · Tungsten Street'(4)- · Feldspar Street (7) · Llama Street (2) · Midway between Traprock' Street and Am~strong Boulevard (1)_ · The crossing west of Beatty Street(O) · The crossing at the west end of the weigh station (0) CASE #:A MnDOT has requested City support for these median closures and the issue was presented to the Public Works Committee at the June 15, 2004 meeting. The Committee and Council directed that an open house on the proposed median closures be held to solicit public input. An open house was held on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at Fire Station Nol to address this directive. Two representatives fi.om MnDOT were in attendance along with the City Engineer andthe Assistant Director of Public Works. Twenty four citizens attended the open house and two have submitted wr/tten comments expressing opposition to the closm'e of two of the six medians, Feldspar Street arid the median on the west end of the weigh station. In addition a phone call was received fi-om Mr. Chad Lundquist who r.ecently purchased the property on the southwest comer of Highway 10 and Llama Street. Mr. Lundquist has expressed verbally his opposition to the closing of this median. Attached to this case are the handouts presented at the · meeting and copies of the written citizen corrm2ents. Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City send a letter recorrm~eriding support of the closure of four of the six medians proposed for closure. Staff would further recommend that the median crossings at Feldspar and at RP 218.272 (the west end of the weigh station) be retained un[il such time that their closures would have a lesser impact upon access to comn~erciai properties.