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ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Road and Bridge Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 1996, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder City Engineer Steve Sankowski Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Zimmerman called the regular meeting of the Road and Bridge Committee to order at 5:38 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT None COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case gl: Report on T.H. #47 MnDOT Improvements City Engineer Jankowski reported there were safety improvement projects along T.H. #47 scheduled for 1998. MnDOT had right turn lanes and by-pass lanes scheduled. MnDOT has stated they need to acquire right-of-way, therefore, the project is being pushed back one calendar year. The good news is that there is also a bridge replacement project over Trott Brook and that was scheduled for 1998, but rather than have detours/construction on the highway once and then again the next year, they will move that project so it also occurs in 1999. A mill and overlay project was scheduled for 2001. This project is proposed to be accelerated to 1999 also. Mr. Jankowski stated he would be writing a letter to MnDOT's engineer advising him that the property on the curve south of 164th is available and it would be a very likely addition to the safety improvement work and that he would request that MnDOT respond to our request to include that in the 1999 project. City Administrator Schroeder stated the City should contact them and tell them if they list the property, they should exempt the City from the agreement. Consensus of the Road and Bridge Committee was that the City Engineer should send a letter to the MnDOT engineer advising him that the Veal property on the curve south of 164th is available and that it would be a very likely addition to the safety improvement work and that it should be included in the 1999 project. Case #2: Sunwood Drive Wetland Mitigation City Engineer Jankowski explained that the City is in the process of constructing Sunwood Drive where it terminates out to County Road #57. Part of this will include crossing the wetland by the end of the Ramsey Elementary School. The Department of Natural Resources would like to see Wetland #114P enhanced. They have suggested raising the groundwater table from its current Road and Bridge Committee/March 12, 1996 Page 1 of 3