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Preliminary Summary of City Engineer Plan Review Ramsey Town Center Plans Dated 27 August, 2003 Page 2 of 9 ~- · The alignment of the proposed right of ways must be shifted to bring all intersections into conformance with city ordinances regarding angle of intersection. See comments under streets. · Land identified as Park 2, 3, 6 & 7 shall be wholly dedicated as drainage and utility easements to allow flexibility in the design of the pedestrian underpass as shown on sheet L2.0. · Lot 1, Block 4, Lot 1, Block 5 and areas shown as parks not specifically mentioned above shall be platted as outlots. · Extend Right of Way of Town Center Drive north to adjacent property line and include in final plat. · Extend right of way between parcels 41 and 43 to north property line and include in final plat. Align new right of way with existing right of way in adjacent plat. Street Plan Review The Anoka County Highway Department has jurisdiction over Ramsey Boulevard, Armstrong Boulevard and Bunker Lake Boulevard (County Road No. 116). These roads are designated as controlled access and access points are defined as the intersections with Ramsey Parkway and Sunwood Drive for Armstrong and Ramsey Boulevards and the emergency access on Ramsey Boulevard. The access locations for Bunker Lake Boulevard are Zeolite Street NW, Town Center Drive and Rhinestone Street. The following items were. reviewed for conformance to city standards: center line grades, vertical curves, horizontal curve radius and tangent length. The following, areas do not appear to meet these standards: · InterSection angle < 70° o West Ramsey Parkway South and Zeolite Street o Sunwood Drive and future street between Parcels 10 and 13 o Intersection between Pm:cels 10, 11, 13 and 14 o Intersections between Parcels 11, 12, 14 and 15 o Civic Center Drive and Rhinestone Street o East Town Center Drive and Sunwood Drive · Vertical Curves o West Ramsey Parkway South - vertical curve needed at Station 7+50 o Civic Center Drive and Peridot Street - vertical curve needed around comer due to change in grades. · Street Grades o Several of the cul-de-sacs on the north site of the site have centerline slopes of less than 0.4%. · Pavement Sections o The proposed paving sections were compared to the projected traffic counts from the AUAR and it will be necessary to provide thicker bituminous pavement sections for the collector streets. · Street Alignments o Shift the North Section of Rhinestone east as noted in the plat comments. · Park-n-Ride o Provide 175 spaces o Park-n-Ride should not be platted as Developer/City have agreed to use permanent site for construction of Facility. Last printed September 15, 2003