There is a meeting to seek input from the community regarding possible
redesign of 35th, 36th & 38th Streets (including closing the existing ramps
and relocating on/off ramps to 38th Street) TONIGHT Mon. Mar 12, 2001 at the
5th Precinct big room (3101 Nicollet Ave.) from 7 to 9pm. The meeting will
focus on the neighborhoods along the freeway which include the effected
streets (Lyndale; Kingfield; Central; Bryant) but it is open to everyone.
I-35W redesign is a critical issue for the entire region. The community
involvement tool for the project is the county-appointed Project Advisory
Committee (PAC). It meets monthly. It is comprised of N'hood
representatives; city & county government rep's; big business rep's (Allina,
Wells Fargo, formerly Honeywell and formerly Ray Harris); MNDOT and design
pro's. The PAC's Mitigation and Enhancement subcommittee meets twice
monthly. All of these meetings are open to the public, informative and
generally well-attended.
A note to Central N'hood residents: Central has not been represented on the
PAC for about a year. It is especially important for CNIA to be represented
on the Mitigation and Enhancement subcommittee. CM Herron's staff has
repeatedly reassured the group that the mitigation and enchancement part of
the I-35W redesign is the "cake and not the icing" of the project. It is
important for Central to participate and get its piece of "the cake".
I am the rep. from Phillips West N'hood on the PAC. I am one of the handful
of people who have been sitting around the table since public participation
on this project began (3 years ago this spring). I would be happy to discuss
the history and status of this design process.
For meeting dates and other project related info. please call Tom Johnson,
Project Manager at Smith Parker 612-344-1400.
Yours,
Robert Lilligren
Ward 8
Candidate for City Council
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