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ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsoy.ROltd and Bridge Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 24, <br />1992 at the Ram~ey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mayor James Gilbertson <br />Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />City Administrator Ryan Schroeder <br />City Engineer Steven Jankowski <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Gill~rtson called the meeting of the Road and Bridge Committee to order at 6:05 p.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN INPUT <br /> <br />None <br />APPROVE AGENDA <br /> <br />Consensus was to approve the agenda as presented. <br /> <br />COMMITTEE BUSINESS <br /> <br />Case #1: Further Review of the 153rd Avenue N.W. Crosstown Arterial <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski stated this meeting is for further discussion of the 153rd Avenue N.W. <br />Crosstown A~terial. He gave the background of the need for the extension of 153rd Avenue and <br />also summarized the five alternatives. See Attachment "A". <br /> <br />Tom Kujawa, 8330 - 153rd Avenue N.W., Ramsey - expressed concern over what the speed limit <br />would be on 153rd. <br /> <br />A resident who lives on 153rd stated that about a year ago there were a lot of gravel tracks <br />traveling the road; She asked to have the speed limit lowered and was told it couldn't be because it <br />was an MSA mad. <br /> <br />Mr. Jankowski stated that all speed limits within the State of Minnesota can be determined by the <br />City only to the extent that they may be set at 30 mph in urban areas or must remain 55 mph in <br />non-urban areits. !The State of Minnesota determines all other speed limits regardless of whether <br />they are MSA~roads. If there is opposition to the speed limit posted, the City can request the State <br />to do a traffic study and the State will then set the speed limit. <br /> <br />Greg Smith,~ 15250 Iguana Street N.W., Ramsey - stated that at first the plans were to extend <br />153rd becaUS.¢ of emergency vehicles. Now the talk of an arterial means more traffic, more <br />speeding, mO~e tl;ucks and more damage to property and wetlands. He suggested running a <br />straight eas~West','arterial. He added that the last City Administrator had said the citizens didn't <br />have to worry about the wetland being disturbed. <br /> <br />Road & Bridge Committee/March 24, 1992 <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />