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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., PHONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 · TDD (612) 427-8591 August 16, 1993 Bill Johnson, Intern Natural Resom'ces Environmental Review Section Office of Planning - Department of Natural Resources 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4010 RE: 153rd Avenue N.W. between VarioIite Street N.W. & County Road EAW Dear Mr. Johnson: Thank you for your comments with regard to the review of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (F_,A~7) for the connection of Variolite Street N.W. to County Road #83 (Armstrong Boulevard N.W.). The City has responded to the comments you have made as follows: 1) Alternate Alignments: Alternate 1: The City reviewed both of the alternate alignments as shown on Figure 3 of the original EAW. The more northerly alignment along 156th Avenue N.W. would route the MSA street down a currently developed resident/al street. This-would create an MSA collector street with 22 private driveway accesses which may conu-ibute to additional traffic accidents as these residents attempt to leave their homes. With the additional right-of-way, several of the existing homes would have only one-half the required setbacks from the MSA road. At the connection with County Road #83, the vehicles traveling west would be required to stop, then rum left onto County Road #83 and make an additional right turn in approximately 2,200 feet. The additional un-ns required by this alignment would lead to a possible increase in the number of accidents as vehicles accelerate and stow for these un'ns. These acceleration and deceleration zones would also contribute greatly to the mount of noise caused by the traffic. Alternate 2: Consumcting the new roadway in a stra/ght east/west connection. This alignment would generally direct traffic to 154th Lane N.W. which, similar to 156th Avenue N.W., was consumcted as a residential street. By reconsumcting this street to MSA standards, 39 single family homes and accesses would be directly affected. This alignment may be designed to encourage traffic to rum left onto County Road #83 and then right onto 153rd Avenue N.W. The distance for this m~neuver would be approximately.l,100 feet. City sradies show that a vehicle would only attain a speed of approximately 35 m.p.h., wkich is 20 m.p.h, under the posted speed before decelerating to turn west onto 153rd Avenue N.W. :By these additional turns, much of the traffic would chose to continue west on 154th Lane N.W. requiring additional m~intenance and an increased chance of acc/dents.as residents use thi~ street .: