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! project. He also noted that the group has committed to assiSt the City. with the beautifi~.~'fi'6n °.f:i:~;.i~ I ', the T.H. #47 corridor. , ~ ,~:-~?/ Roberta Mathisen, 14970 Waco Street NW, Ramsey, stated that she:gaO senf:i:i~ger to the Ci~ty;ij~}i.b,' ~;I Council regarding safety concerns between 149th Avenue and 15.9~?A~'~nue al0~ng Waco Street; She ex lained that alono that area of road there are 33 ch/ldren~3::~° :'~t:~¢ares. The residents ")i:Ti;?.~i.~': I have t~/ed to deal with the situation themselves, but ended~i~;having a'~some uncomfortable confrontations so they requested that the police aSsist w/.~:/th~'problem',i;::: The problem has to do with speeding traffic, the restricted view at one of the i~{~f~ctions and~!:wide openness of the road. She also noted that there is a bike path at on~:_b'f'~' intersection~;';~ha~ comes down a hill l and there is no painting in the road indicating the th~re is a~Pafh.~ M~?Mathi'~en stated that she o~t that Waco Street is 1 ½ miles long without a stop sigm~ :Many of the residents in the pointed aco Street. that' residents are Councilmember Zimmerman ,sdggest'a~'~¢at the tesi'der/ts a~tend the puBhc Works Committee meetin~ to further discuss the rogue. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that h~}2icL~ijut and .~W'~the intersections and at 150' a, ,,,,,~ th,=,-,= i~, hlke'nath and at 149th A¢~nii'4~:~fiere is a buS~top. His initial opinion would be a~rocriate'~¢~50~ Avenue, but would like the issue discussed further at the:P~Iic Works C0mm~tte . "~'.-, Mayor.~.,6'~ec stated that~:~'.'/ will have thit[~§Ue put on the November 2P' Pubhc Works Co~iff~:"~ting agent[' !fie stated that::th'¢?a~t through traffic through Rivers Bend'Shopping Center haS b~b~.i~¢ttin"~i)r/~k~ngl~'~l~-e~>'and the amount of accidents have increased along .~C:R. #116 as peC~[~.:~' turning into the'~ghter. There have been discussions about extending the ?~;.7.~'gai'an~on C.R. #1 I'6'{~'the bridge to eliminate the cut through traffic. Marjorie"~gflke, 14311 '~)ng Boulevard, Ramsey, stated that she watched a prevtous Council me'~g and felt~ythe City Council took a lot of heat, but noted that the Council made the time to m~e!sure tha~:"~e"Veryone was heard. She stated that she has lived in Ramsey for many years and has ~ many different Councils. In the paSt when she addressed Councilmembers, she felt that shei!?wasting her time, but .many of the present Councilmembers have made her ~"e.?}:,.change her min~. Ms. Henke stated that she feels that the present Council does hear citizens ~:':':~ncerns... :Sii~:has seen the Council stand up to regional and state agencies when they felt what the~e, age~bi'~s were requesting were not in the best interest of the City. I I I -I I I I l, I I -136- City Council/October 24, 2000 Page 4 of 31