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MINUTES
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ST . LOUIS PARK , MINNESOTA
February 9 , 1981
1 . Call to Order A special meeting of the City Council
was called to order by Mayor Phyllis
McQuaid at 5 : 00 p . m .
2 . Roll Call The following Councilmembers were present
at roll call :
Ronald Backes Jerrold Martin
Martha Elstrom Keith Meland
Lyle Hanks John Ralles
Phyllis McQuaid
Also present were the City Manager , the Director of Planning and the
Director of Public . Works .
3 . Joint Policy Statement , Cities Several questions were raised regarding the
of St . Louis Park and Golden policy statement . Members of Council
felt
Valley in re design plan of that the preface dealt too much with light
Highway 12 rail transit rather than the design of
Highway 12 and that a smaller portion of
the statement ought to be devoted to light rail transit . A question was
✓ aised whether light rail transit could survive on Highway 55 since it is
o nly a single rail . Another question was raised regarding the justification
for light rail transit as outline on page 1 of the joint statement .
In response to a question from Council , staff advised that traffic counts
e ast of Highway 100 are in excess of 60 , 000 per day and west of Highway 100
o n Highway 12 are approximately 40 , 000 .
In response to a question regarding the demolition
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the Mayor referred to a letter from Mr . Crawfordat
felt that the statement should simply say they ainfspotrof Highway
and that it is not contingent upon the installationlight
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a depressed expressway and the use of acceleration
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was some agreement that a transit plan should be coinciding with the
Highway 12 improvement .
In response to a question regarding the improvement of Highway 100 , Council
was advised that the intersection of Highway 100 and Highway 12 would
be
improved at the same time .
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made by Council .
Council agreed that the statement is acceptable from the paragraph
" Background " to the end .
It was moved by Councilman Meland , seconded by Councilman Backes , that
a new Preface be incorporated into the statement .
The motion passed 7 - 0 . The rewritten Preface is made a part of these
minutes ( see attached ) .
Mr . Larry Kirchner was present and made several comments regarding
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the number of lanes to be included , the use of the frontage
the cross - over at Shelard Park and its impact on surrounding neighbor -
hoods . He also made a suggestion regarding an exit / entrance system to
be located at Vernon and Florida Avenues .
The meeting adjourned at 6 : 10 p . m .
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Mayor ,
Attest :
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J mes L . Brimeyer 1
City Manager
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