Agenda - Public Works Committee - 07/17/2012

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access Sunfish Lake Blvd and Bunker Lake Blvd. This is causing additional safety concerns due to these non-residents speeding through our neighborhood. The county should be held responsible for increasing the traffic through our residences; I don't feel that it should be the responsibility of our Association to address the issue. Those neighbors who I have spoken to are all unhappy with the project, and are concerned with the effects to our residential area. Does our Association have a legal advisor? In addition, another issue at hand that may have to do with the project is the privacy fence that was put up along Bunker Lake Blvd, The fence does not extend along all of townhomes and is incomplete containing many gaps. Can you please inform me as to when this will be completed? Thanks Greatly! Jessie C. Diaz Sunfish Ponds Townhomes Resident Ramsey, Minnesota 763-227-6996 Original Message From: Charles Cadenhead [mailto:Charles.Cadenhead@co.anoka.mn.usj Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:43 PM To: Jessie Diaz; Harry Grams Cc: mayorramsey@ci.ramsey.mn.us; rbackous@ci.ramsey.mn.us; jwise@ci.ramsey.mn.us; delvig@ci.ramsey.mn.us; colin@colinmcglone.com; jtossey@ci.ramsey.mn.us; sstrommen@ci.ramsey.mn.us; tgladhill@ci.ramsey.mn.us; Josh Shenkle; Jacob Diaz; Diaz, Jessie C MVP; thimmer@ci.ramsey.mn.us; Andrew Witter; Doug Fischer Subject: RE: Sunfish Lake Blvd / Bunker Lake Blvd Construction Project Jessie, Thank you for informing us;of your concerns and issues. With regards to your comment regarding Xenon St. NW through the townhomes being a private street, 1 would offer that the County does not have any jurisdictional authority with regards to that street and therefore cannot dictate who does or does not drive on that street. I am not sure if you have a 'Private Road' sign already posted, but that might be one idea to give a try. The City of Ramsey and Anoka County had many design meetings, open houses (notices to residents within 1/2 mile were sent), and discussions revolving around the use of medians and the design of Bunker Lake Blvd (CSAH 116) and Sunfish Blvd (CSAH 57). We held open houses for this project in March of 2009, February of 2010 and had a Public Hearing in January of 2011. Notices were sent to your address and we don't show any record of your attendance however we do show a sign in from one of your neighbors in the townhomes. We also completed a traffic study through the design process to evaluate and minimize the adverse impacts to the city street system. It was during these design meetings that it was decided to maintain the County policy of placing medians in the four lane divided roadway and keep the full access points a safe distance from the intersection to minimize the conflicts of left turning movements at the intersection. 2