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City of Ramsey 15153NOWTHENBOULEVARDN.W.,RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 · (612) 427-1410 March 22, 1993 'Mr. Jon Olson Deputy County Engineer Anok. a County 1440 Bunker Lake Blvd. N.W. Andover, Minnesota 55304 Dear Jon: I am in receipt of your Five Year Highway Improvement Plan dated February 1993. I have noted that in your plan, within the City of Ramsey, County Road gl 16 is proposed to be extended from · Ramsey Boulevard to County Road #83 in the year 1998 at an Engineer's estimated cost of $500,000. Apparently that is the only Anoka County Highway project within the City of Rarnsey between now and 1998. I have also noted that your longer term project list includes County Road #63 between County State Aid Highway (C.S.A.HH.) #24 and Trunk Highway #47 as well as between C.S.A.H. #5 and County Road #83. This long term list includes County Road #83 between County Road #63 and 822 in Bums and an improvement to County Road #116 between Dysprosium Street N.W. and County Road #56. Finally, your list also includes an upgrade of the intersection of C.S.A.I---I. #5 with Trunk Highway #47. While we appreciate that the County has identified a need to extend County Road #116 beyond its terminus to County Road 883 in 1998, it certainly would be helpful if that could be moved up somewhat. You are certainly aware that the Metropolitan Council has expressed a strong desire to see off system road improvements parallel to Highway gl0. Further that they have made considerations such as these a prime consideration for any MUSA expansions in the City of Ramsey. It is currently projected that the City of Ramsey will be depleted of its developable residential land within the MUSA line by the year 1996. Therefore, it may become important to provide the Metropolitan Council increased assurances that County Road #116 will, in fact, be extended to deal with their identified traffic congestion on Highway #10. Currently, City Staff is proposing the final extension of our 153rd Avenue N.W. crosstown as a 1994 project. It would certainly be beneficial to this project as welI if the County Road gl 16 extension could be moved up to an earlier date. I have n0ied, pursuant to the above, that the intersection of C.S.A.H. #5 and Trunk Highway #47 currently iJ"-hot programmed. The subdivision at this intersection has gained preliminary plat approval and we expect that construction will start, if not this year, certainly by next year. This plat presupposes that the intersection at C.S.A.H. #5 and Trunk Highway #47 will be upgraded in the near term. Further, the Mn/DOT project upgrade of Trunk Highway #47 at County Road #116 has been delayed to the year 1994. We are hopeful that with this delay, we can cause that project to be extended up to the intersection with C.S.A.H. #5. Therefore, we would also like your consideration of this project in the near term. Pursuant to the improvement of County Road 063, certainly you will find our favor with any improvement here. It is currently a roadway in poor condition, one that appears to receive a significant level of traffic, and one that would receive significant improvement if widened to