Agenda - Council - 04/25/1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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$ $ City Staff recommends that the trail on the west side of the lake be shown as an on-road :trail and the eastern portion of that trail system would be concurrent with subdivision ~¢velopment. In the interim, the eastern portion of the trail should be redrawn so as not to imply that the City will be condemning homes for trail alignment. The consultants will also be insmacted to make sum the Kurak property lines show up clearly on the Parks and Trails map. Opposition was expressed regarding the elimination of a Mississippi River -Bridge crossing in general. Comments were submitted to the affect that the 'no bridge' approach was in fact endorsing the eastern alignment and for various reasons, Council should amend the transportation element with a western bridge alignment. Comments were submitted in support of the eastern bridge alignment. Council was requested to finally make a decision -on the eastern bridge alignment and if it is to be eliminated, Anoka County Parks should be notified that the Jerry Martin's property (Tooth Acres) is no longer slated for a bridge and commercial development. In consideration of his 20 years of cooperation with Ramsey and Anoka County, Jerry Martin requested that if the eastern bridge alignment is eliminated, that a service road from the east into Tooth Acres be planned -and it should be aligned adjacent to the highway as frontage parcels separating the highway and the service road detract from the use value. Staff Response and Recommendation: Mn/DOT, Anoka and Hennepin Counties, the City of Dayton and neighboring cities are all players in this discussion. Council movement to - direct that a corridor be placed somewhere between Ramsey Blvd. and Puma Street seems to be the right approach so long as options are only eliminated after further study by all parties. It was suggested that the City reconsider the proposal to plan for a Rum River bridge crossing corridor through the Boy Scout Camp. Staff Response and Recommendation: A Boy Scout Camp bridge alignment and trail : corridor should be removed from the map. Instead, narrative should be added to the comprehensive plan amendment directing that a corridor be identified in concert with the City of Andover somewhere along the Rum River. A Rum River bridge corridor would be moot if traffic congestion from T.H. #47 were redirected to 7th Avenue. The thoroughfare plan needs to address some relief for the congestion on Hwy. #47. Staff'Response and Recommendation: The C.S.A.H. #116/T.H. #47 intersection will be upgraded by MnDOT/Anoka County within the 1995/1996 time frame. The City has budgeted for a corridor study for 1995 and set aside $300,000 in the 1998 CIP for corridor improvements. The Willow Ridge subdivision will result in corridor improvements at 149th and the Road and Bridge Committee has proposed a transportation impact fee for County/State system improvements necessitated by future subdivisions. The Comprehensive Plan should support these measures. The plan should also request that MnDOT/Anoka County address safety improvements to the corridor. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I