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<br />Public Works Director Olson stated he appreciated that Lord of Life has been willing to work <br />with the City over the last five years. <br /> <br />Mark Lindeberg, North Area Engineer with MnDOT, stated they have been working with the <br />cities of Ramsey and Anoka and Anoka County on the TH 47 realignment project from TH 10 <br />through Ramsey. He advised that it has been determined the preferred route through this area is <br />the present alignment of TH 47 so MnDOT will not need to acquire the southern portion of the <br />Lord of Life parcel for roadway purposes. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Olson expressed staffs concern with putting money into improving <br />Dysprosium Street only to have it ripped up for the TH 47 project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig described the problems with delayed commuting time on TH 47 that will <br />continue if it is not realigned. He expressed concern that Dysprosium Street may be used as a <br />cut through route to access TH 10. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindeberg stated they are working with Anoka and Anoka County on TH 47 and trying to <br />look at everything in detail to determine how it can work the best; however, nothing is finalized <br />at this point. <br /> <br />Jack Corkle, representing Anoka County, stated while TH 47 will not be realigned there are <br />discussions about potential widening and adding a turn lane but alignment will not shift through <br />Ramsey. She advised that the County's long-range plan is considering turning CR 5 back to <br />Ramsey so it would become a smaller City street and the intersection access can be redesigned. <br />Ms. Corkle agreed that some traffic will use Dysprosium Street. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen asked when the decision will be made in Anoka. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindeberg stated there is no funding so he does not know what the timing would be. He <br />advised MnDOT will continue to make improvements to the road but there will not be a <br />realignment at this time. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated this has been debated long enough and whatever decision is made, <br />it will be unpopular. He encouraged MnDOT to push the issue to the forefront to get it resolved <br />because commuters were not happy with the length of drive time. With regard to Dysprosium <br />Street, he supported the inclusion of chokers, sidewalks, and trees to make it a nice project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated he likes the Lord of Life project and it is clear the roadway will not <br />impact this comer. At this point, since there is no planned relief on TH 47, he believed that rClief <br />point could be Dysprosium Street so he supported a full construction with chokers to discourage <br />cut through traffic would be in order. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey agreed since traffic will be forced down Dysprosium Street. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise asked about the impact to assessments between edge mill to full <br />reconstruction. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 9, 2010 <br />Page 4 of7 <br />