Agenda - Public Works Committee - 02/15/2022

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note items that should be included in the full plan set submitted in the next step. So far, the items Staff has identified are noise, as you noted, as well as a recommendation to reduce the number of lots onsite from 4 to 3 to better match the neighborhood. 2. Preliminary Plat —engineering plans 3. Final Plat — construction documents and legal agreements Best, Chloe Chloe McGuire Brigl, AICP I cmcguire ancityoframsey.com Senior Planner City of Ramsey I Community Development P: 763-433-9821 1 F: 763-433-9848 7550 Sunwood Drive NW I Ramsey, MN 55303 www.cityoframsey.com Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost-effective, and efficient government services. From: Richardx.Bailey <Richardx.Bailey(@target.com> Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 4:26 PM To: Chloe McGuire Brigl <CMcGuire(@ci.ramsey.mn.us> Cc:'rjeol3@gmail.com' <rieol3laDgmail.com> Subject: Project 20-117 Hi Chloe, My name is Rick Bailey, and I live @ 5021 Xkimo Ct. Nw. We received the notice of the sketch plan application for Project #20-117 in our cul-de-sac, and had a few questions/concerns I'm hoping you can assist with. The biggest question/concern around the project for us is a potential increase to an already problematic noise level. Since the building of Stoney River across County 47 (which seems to deflect traffic noise in our direction), coupled with a noticeable increase in traffic in general, noise volumes are already undesirably high. The only noise buffer we have between us and 47 are the woods on the property being discussed for development. Regarding this, could there be included a requirement of any developer to preserve some of the woods as well as have them be responsible for building a high quality noise barrier, similar to what exists farther up 47 towards Alpine? I'm hoping something of this nature would both help control the noise issue as well as preserving a balance of urban and rural/nature that Ramsey values. A second question/concern, would be around the increase in traffic. Xkimo St., which we intersect with, has a particularly high level of traffic given the presence of Holiday, and as it's used as a thoroughfare for other neighborhoods, causing a bottleneck near the traffic lights. What this means for us, is that it can be a challenge to get out of the cul-de-sac because traffic actually blocks our street depending on the time of day. Adding 4 more households seems like it would exacerbate the issue, not to mention the morning traffic may cause the driveways of the new homes to be blocked while others in the cul-de-sac wait to enter traffic onto Xkimo St. I also wanted to find out more on the type of homes that are being considered. Is there a photo/ nearby development that could be a reference for what these would look like? Can you confirm if these will be single family owned homes vs. multi -unit or rented properties? Other questions would be: Is the final review/approval something that citizens have a vote regarding? Is this city owned property or privately held?