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Highway 10 and Armstrong Boulevard/CR 83 Interchange Construction Update Construction of the Highway 10 and Armstrong Boulevard interchange project is scheduled to be completed by the end of May. To complete the project on schedule, the following road closures are required. • The westbound Highway 10 on-ramp from Armstrong Boulevard/CR 83 is temporarily closed to traffic until Friday, April 22"d • The Llama Street access for eastbound Highway 10 permanently closed to traffic on April 13th • The median crossover from westbound Highway 10 to Traprock Street will permanently close to traffic before the end of construction. Council Update: Open House for Anoka Project. The primary purpose of the meeting is for residents of Rivlyn Avenue to learn more about the specifics of the project. The feedback that Staff is receiving from some residents is that they were unaware of the project from either community. The reason it has elevated to an open house is the fact that the project requires a Zoning Amendment for the City of Anoka. According to their team, their Comprehensive Plan is properly aligned, but not the underlying Zoning District. They will be employing the use of a Planned Unit Development in order to facilitate this project. A primary concern of the residents we are receiving is about pedestrian connectivity. With said lack of pedestrian connectivity, residents are concerned about trespassing through 6080 Highway 10 in Ramsey and/or pedestrians crossing Highway 10 or walking in the shoulder of Highway 10. The secondary purpose of the meeting is to provide meaningful feedback to the Ramsey City Council as we consider the Joint Powers Agreement. Said JPA allows or assists the Anoka parcel to redevelop. Staff desires to better understand if the Ramsey City Council support the land use in Anoka as we may be assisting in facilitating by providing sanitary sewer connection. Anoka will likely move forward with the request even if we do not enter into the JPA, but it is a more cost effective solution. Anoka City Staff will be available to respond to questions from Ramsey residents about the project. Anoka seems willing to consider certain amendments to the site plan to alleviate some of the concerns raised by our residents. The meeting is Thursday, April 21 at 5:00 p.m. in the Lake Itasca Room. This is a workshop, not a joint meeting amongst the City Councils. Anoka requested the 21St based on their availability and to allow the project to be on a public agenda (Planning Commission) first. The workshop is open house style. We'll put a note in the upcoming Weekly Update. Their process is moving quickly, and we are doing our best to plug in this process as soon as we can to give our residents the opportunity to weigh-in before a final decision is made. Residential property owners on Rivlyn Avenue were invited. We intend to notify Lano Equipment, Diamond Auto, and Dahlheimer Beverage as well. Ramsey Pet Clinic. Due to ongoing construction at the new Fire #2 facility, the Spring Pet Clinics are going to be moved back to the Old Municipal Center located at 15153 Nowthen Blvd NW. The first clinic will be held on Sunday, April 24th from 11:30am—1:30pm. Attached to the Weekly Update is a Flyer for the Pet Clinic.