Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/19/2008 - Joint with Planning Commission

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6. The proposed connection to Armstrong is seen as dangerous by Anoka County (safety report issued), and Ramsey City Council members as noted in public works meeting September 18, 2007 minutes 7. This road will lower market value of homes and increase property taxes 8. Residents in this corridor moved to the area for peaceful and quiet surroundings; this proposed road will result in the opposite effect -rural feel 9. Residents will lose property as a result and in some cases sentiment from things such as weddings will also be lost 10. New development =more traffic 11. "Segment 1" -even though not official street -beginning indications show increase in traffic 12. More bike, walking traffic -safety concern who comes or is in neighborhood (example - people watching houses for robbery, perverts, sex offenders) 13. Unknown vehicles 14. Increase "drag racing" -speed will be an issue! ! 15. Absorb loss of property from widening of road 16. Selling is an issue -decrease marketability of our homes 17. This road will bring City sewer & water -who will pay for that, residents? 18. Some property wells can be impacted by widening 19. Semi-trucks, will they use the road? 20. We are being inconvenienced for new development -sacrificing existing neighborhoods for new • Recommendations: 1. As per Public Works meeting September 18, 2007, feasibility study for segment 1 has moved forward, this project should be considered a safety improvement with no reference to the MSA Collector Road project : 167' Ave Extension 2. The County should be involved prior to any recommendations for roads being put into the comp plan -development review process 3. Remove the proposaUplans of 167' collector road entirely from all city and state documents. Green Valley Road (CR #63), Alpine Drive and Sunwood are all collector roads that should be sufficient. • Delete references to this collector road in current comp plan (2001 comprehensive plan amended February 26, 2002) • Section VI, page vi-15: 167' Ave should be reclassified as a collector • Section VI, page vi-16:...the city also intends to complete a future extension of 167' Ave between Variolite Street and Nowthen Blvd., as a collector route. Upon completion of this segment, 167' Avenue will provide a continuous east-west route between County Road 83 (Armstrong Blvd.) and Highway #47 • Delete references to this collector road in the City of Ramsey capital improvement program, pages 223 & 224 • This project appears on the MnDOT 2007 MSA needs study for Ramsey under the MSAS segment listing. These should be removed; 199-102-005 (approved by Commissioner's order #87210 July 2003), 199-102-020 and 199-102-010 4. Other options need to be looked at 16