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Home My WebLink About3. Appoint City representatives to US 169 Steering Committee 3. CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark McNeill, City Administrator SUBJECT: US 169 Steering Committee Appointment DATE: June 9, 2008 Comment: Introduction: The Council has asked to appoint a Shakop~e representative and an alternate to serve on the US 169 Highway Task Force Steering Committee. Background: On June 5th, Mayor Schmitt, Councilors Lehman and Heitzman, Community Development Director Michael Leek, and I.attended an inaugural meeting of a US 169 Task Force near Jordan. There was good Tdance; there appeared to be eleven cities, counties or other jurisdictions in attendanc , in addition to seven state legislators, and MNDOT and country staff or technical peo . Ie. The organizers gave a broad overview of i provements needed for congestion relief for US 169. Cited was a 169 study that has bee. performed by MNDOT, for a corridor starting in Mankato, extending through Sco t County, and terminating at the I-494 intersection. However, there was a brief dis I ussion at the June 5th meeting about extending that corridor north to Highway 610. The one action item that came about from t e meeting was a request for each jurisdiction to make it appointment to a Steering Comm ttee, to look at issues relating to 169. Our experience would other appointments such s this is that an elected official would be the regular member, and a staff member would e the alternate. It is anticipated that much of the initial work will be political in nature, s~h as establishing the scope of the study, beginning discussion on funding needs, and I he like. While both Mr. Leek and Public Works Lonby will be available for technical input, I would be happy to be considered for the app~intment as the alternate representative. The Council should make a decision as to which lected official should serve as the regular member. Recommendation: The Council should make an appointment 0 both the regular and alternate member for the Steering Committee. It was requested i this be forwarded to the City of Jordan by Friday, June 13th. Relationship to Visioning: This supports Goals B (High Quality of Life) and D (Vibrant, Resilient & Stable). Action Required: The Council should, by motion, appoint a regular and alternate representative to the Highway 169 Steering Committee. 1Jv& iVL~UUu Mark McNeill City Administrator MM:cn TH 169 Study Home - Overview Page I of 2 ~~I HIGHWAY 169 CORRI DOR PLAN i, ii t .~"~,, ,....." =,~" oo..,m, 'MOB "rom ~ 'I a a ~ ~ ~ I '?-",,~ TH 169STIJOYHOME .... iRe "h"~".__f.,~~ INTRODU(TION HIGHWAY 169 nil CORRIDOR PLAN l~~ ,.494 TO MANKATO OVIIVI:W . long-term Manag?ment Plan Developed for Hiqhwav 169 ... liackgrQ!Jllij . Corridor Issues CORRIDOR PARTNERS .. E.utili!;.J2lJJLEll!0 . Vision ImQlementation .. ~ . Meqa Proiects Area Legislalors .. ~ · Major Capital Proiects MnlDOT .. E/gpQd . Other ImQrovements . land Use and Access Manaqement Strateqies Met Council Long-term Management Plan Developed for Highway 169 Re9ion 9 Development Commission The groundwork is nearly complete for establishing a long.term Corridor Minnesota DNR Management Plan for TH 169 between 1-494 and TH 60 south of Mankato. The Plan establishes a blueprint that all of the Partners and agencies can Minnesota Pollution Conlrol Agency MnlDOT Home work towards as growth and changes in the corridor occur over time. The FAQ foundation of the Plan supports the goal of enhancing the safe and efficient BI E rth C t Site Map movement of goods and people, and providing fiexibility to address ue a oun y Search additional demands beyond the 2025 study horizon. To accomplish this Info@DOT goal, the Partners established a vision that will protect the mobility of the Hennepin County corridor as well as address safety problems. This vision is shown below: LeSueur County ~,.-........ :' ,/ "., ~5" .' "I:>~.c:..~~,,"..,.:t;t NicolletCounty I,', }~. . ~ ~~l 'h~~~;j~~~~~~ i' ;"'\,~;/ '.: '~~1 . :-I""~'$4~_.. ~t <!1',i Scott County tiff""...... i ': '" ,~-ii'" ". \C- ,,,,,-,. ,1.,. ""'''.AJlE -\.. \,.~ j :.~ ' h. t tiI ~.., . ~ r .;t." ~"S. ~.f"'i' . I ,"" . - f< '"\ ,6.:..:t': -'.i.- Sibley County . !. ')...;. - 4..." '1m .J': ....,".. -'.. ..t:I~ r- .,S-l. f. ,..;...... r .. 'St-A<~~.f :~'I i . ! ~t,H'H 'r, ; ~ c.!. ~ .,. i,.: ~~..."~\.l ~l Belle Plaln8 - -----.- - 1_: ":.--~r (~ ,4 . ,;;~~~+ . 'r: " . ,/ '..,-1Ii';~':,. '., Bloominglon ,,"" ,1', .c. !;l!l '.,'. ."(, " Eden Prairie / ~, .... .///11:; " ,." 1lJ. , .:):' " .'~::.. Jordan / Uf -'-.-"I:lf~:"'-:--'~'T~'-'~- ... -'~.' Le Sueur 1 i . .. . ' i' . 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Phone: 800/657-3774' 800/627-3529 (TTY, Voice, ASCII) Contact Mn/DOT I News Room I 511_Traveler,Servlce I i This site best viewed with 1024X768 or greater and Careers/jobs I Links I Northstar I GovernOcs"Slte I I with Netscape 4.7 or Internet Explorer 4.5 or greater. http://projects.dot.state.mn.us/srf/169/index.html 6/9/2008 Your Page Title Goes Here - External W eb Templ~te Page 1 of2 t~ HIGHWAY '49 I 8ACKGROIJ..!4I). Pljl:ll::\<:.?ll~l!L.~ENT$ . ISSUES . REPORT I iH 169 ~~y HOME": ill..,,!!, Miil....<'ilI 0 · l"qng.~t~r.mM?D?g.~m.~.[)tP!9n.Q~y~.IQP~9JQLI::l.i9b'N9Y...l.$\? Corridor Issues . Corridor Issues There are a number of significant . Vision Implementation transportation issues in the Highway 169 Corridor. . MeQa Proiects . Maior Capital Proiects One of the primary areas of concern is . Other Improvements the increasing congestion and safety problems. As growth occurs and . Land Use and Access Manaaement Strateaies volumes increase there is a concern that TH 169 will not be able to serve its Vision Implementation primary function of safely and efficiently moving goods and people. To achieve the long-term vision shown on '~he cover, Partners will need to Another significant issue is the flooding invest in major capital projects, develop ot~er improvements to address of river bridges and TH 169. Flooding operational and safety issues, and implement access management problems cause significant bottlenecks, Mn/DOT Home strategies. The key elements of these stra~egies are shown below. lengthy detours and delays. FAQ Site Map [\QJ,}] The northern half of TH 169 is currently Search performing near the target level for Info@DOT Mega Projects High Priority IRCs (60 mph) while the southern half is performing about the target level for Medium Priority IRCs Priority A Reconfigure 1-494 Interchan. e (55 mph). This level of performance will continue to decrease in the future as @j) Priority B TH 41 River Crossing grow1h continues along the corridor. [W] ~ Major Capital Projects Priority a Pioneer Traillnterchan1ge Anderson Lakes Pkwy Interchange Priority b TH 41 Interchange CSAH 69 Overpass TH 282 Interchange *CSAH 6/64 Interchange' *TH 14/LindlWebster Int rchange CSAH 14 Interchange *TH 25 Interchange CSAH 65 Interchange Priority c CSAH 59 Interchange SI. Peter Bypass CR 66 Overpass 'CSAH 33fTH 68 I"",~hr' Le Sueur Interchange 80'. foot ',dl""" , pffij,d I, ",.ded '0 ""1' m,,'mom _d (mob"") targets. (*) Indicates a project is needed to address s fety issues TH = Trunk Highway CSAH = County State Aid Highway http://projects.dot.state.mn.us/srf/169/homepg2.html 6/1012008 Your Page Title Goes Here - External Web Template Page 2 of2 I [!QQ] Other Improvements Currently there is little funding for/he mega and major capital projects. As a result, a number of smaller projects may be needed to address performance and safety issues including: . Install longitudinal rumble strips . Add turn lanes . Address flooding and snow drifting areas . Implement interim improvements to intersections at TH 68/CSAH 33 and TH 41 . Develop frontage roads · Implement Intelligent Transportaion Systems (ITS) improvements at traffic signals . [!QQ] , , , Land Use and Access Management ,trategies It is recommended that Partners adopt the (land use and access strategies ,"d '"~",o""""" 1010 ""', 10,,1 o"""r' ,"d ".01""'". Too strategies can be summarized as follows: . County, city and township plans sh uld support the long-term vision of the TH 169 Corridor Managemen1t Plan . local ordinances should prohibit direct property access to TH 169, making existing access legal non-c1nfOrming . local plans should guide growth to identified growth areas. R_I,., ,hoo," oot ,"""de ..e '\,,'b1111y of "'e 10", ""d network . Local plans should support corversion of access in freeway transition areas. Acce1ss will be converted to frontage/backage roads Over . e [!QQ] @ 2000-2005 Minnesota Department of Transportatrn .6\.9..4 I Gg!.til)gAr9\l.n91 6P9,lt.Mf1!QQT I Q9if1.9J:ly~in<'!~~ I 395 John Ireland Boulevard' St. Paul, MN 55155-1 99 Phone: 800/657-3774' 800/627-3529 (TTY, Voice. Sell) CPf1JaQt.MniQQI Iliex{~8,QQIn I 5JJJ:ffiYet.eI~W!i;;e I This site best viewed with 1024X768 or greater and Car"ers!JoPs IUnKs. I NortlJstar I GovefOor'sSiJe I with Netscape 4.7 or Internet Explorer 4.5 or greate . http://projects.dot.state.mn.us/srf/169/homepg2.html 6/10/2008