Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/01/1996

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C. Sunwood:Drive o 149th Avenue NW Sunwood' Drive is a local collector street which extends about 1/4 mile east and west from CSAH #5 into the adjacent neighborhood areas. As a collector street, it provides equal emphasis to mobility (moving traffic quickly and conveniently) and to access to adjacent properties. The primary function of Sunwo0d Drive in this area is to collect the neighborhood traffic from the local residential streets and to channel it out to CSAH//5 or vice versa. It is a 40' wide street, providing a travel lane and a parking lane in each direction within an 80' right-of-way with a posted speed limit of 30 MPH. Likewise,r 149th Avenue NW is a collector street serving the neighborhood area east of T.H. #47 much as Sunwood Drive does each side of CSAH #5. And like Sunwood Drive, its' 40' pavement width provides a travel lane and a parking lane in each direction within an 80' right-of-way with a posted 30 MPH speed limit. Proposed Improvement and Timing As proposed in the City of Ramsey Comprehensix e Transportation Plan and the T.H. #47 Access and Corridor Study, Sunwood Drive and 149th Avenue would be extended and connected between CS/kH//5 and T.H. #47. It is proposed by the City of Ramsey and MnDOT, most likely in conjunction with the widening and rooonstruction of this segment of T.H. #47 which is not currently programmed or scheduled, that the properties on the west side of T.H. #47 between the Lord of Life church property and 149th Avenue would be acquired and redeveloped into a Mul$iple Family/Commercial/Office development. As such, 149th would be extended west across T.H, #47, turn southerly for a distance of about 900' before turning westerly to connect to existing Sunwood Drive about 1/4 mile east of CSAH//5. A cul-de-sac might then be extended southerly from the Sunwood Drive Extension to provide access to the north side of the Lord of Life 'campus as well as backside access to properties fronting onto T.H. #47. The intersection of 149th Avenue and T.H. g47 is identified as a major intersection in the City of ~IL~nsey T.H. #47 Access and Corridor Study. aa.s a major intersection, full acoess movements woul'd be aeoommodated and signalization would be anticipated. Temporary traffic control signals with iauxiliary left turn lanes are proposed at the T.H.//47 - 149th Avenue intersection by year 2001~, although widening and reconstruction of T.H. //47 t.hrough this area is not currently programmed. o Access Issues The City of Ramsey T.H.//47 Acoess and Corridor Study seeks to consolidate access along T.H. //47 with full access granted only at the major intersections with CSAH//5 and with 149th Avenue in the proximity of the church property. Mr. Steve .lankowski, Ramsey City Engineer, has verbally indicated a willingness to permit a temporary, fifll-aeeess off T.H. //47 until 149th Avenue is extended to Sunwood Drive. However, when 149th Avenue is extended, access to T.H. //47 would be limited to right turn in - right turn out. A northerly access out to 149th Avenue - Sunwood Drive connection would then be expected to play a more predominant role in site accessibility. City of Ramsey Views and Comments The following verbal comments were received from Mr. Steve ~'ankowski, Ramsey City Engineer, in mitl4une relative to access off T.H.//47; CSAH g5 and Sunwood Drive - 149th Avenue. · Sunwood Drive - 149th Avenue Connection, west of T.H. #47, in 10 + years; Permit temporary full access off T.H. #47 until 149th Avenue extended; 1~o additional public street intersections along east side of T.H. #47 between X]dmo Avenue (CSAH//5 realignment) and 149th Avenue; 7