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qVMWrON the city that works for you Council Worksession December 12, 2017 5:00 pm Present: Mayor Valerie Johnson Councilmember Gina Bauman Councilmember Brian Strub Councilmember Paul Jacobsen Councilmember Mary Burg Absent: Staff in Attendance: Dean Lotter, Craig Schlichting Guests in Attendance: Mark Lindeberg I -35W MNPASS Traffic Mitigation Strategies Lotter stated Schlichting would be presenting this item to the Council. Schlichting stated MnDOT has completed a technical analysis of the expected traffic operations on the local roadway system during the I -35W North MnPASS construction project from 2019 to 2022. The analysis identified expected traffic shifts during the construction and evaluated impacts the diverted traffic may have on the local system. Based on the impacts, potential mitigations were evaluated to improve safety and mobility during the construction period due to the diverted traffic. Schlichting explained the proposed mitigations located within New Brighton are included for Council review. For every mitigation, staff has indicated whether we support installation of the mitigation, and if supported, the year we would prefer the mitigation to be implemented (2018 or 2019). MnDOT's proposed mitigation installation timing is based on the type of mitigation. These mitigations are temporary and will be removed at the completion of the construction project. It was noted MnDOT will pay for the mitigations and there will be no cost to New Brighton for any of the improvements. Staff reported the mitigation tactics would be installed in 2018. Councilmember Strub asked how long this residual traffic was anticipated to last in New Brighton and questioned how long the new signals would be in place. Schlichting stated a few of the intersections may be permanent solutions, but the remainder are temporary and would be removed. He hoped that once improvements on I -35W were complete local traffic would return to the freeway. Mayor Johnson anticipated that the speed of traffic along Long Lake Road would have to be enforced for the duration of the project. Councilmember Strub recommended that pedestrian crosswalks be considered at the temporary signaled intersections for safety purposes. He suggested plastic barriers for the bike lane along Long Lake Road be pursued by the City while the project is being Ompleted on I -35W. Schlichting stated the City would have to work with the County on this matter. Councilmember Strub thanked MnDOT for being a partner on this project. He recommended that MnDOT