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Councilmember Musgrove agreed they needed to provide more information, which they didn't. City Administrator Hagen thought the key message to send to the public is that Ramsey Staff is reviewing it and have said the plans aren't good enough. Councilmember Riley replied that is important information to include because he didn't know that. He stated he is asking for more information and maybe the attachments are what he is asking for. Councilmember Woestehoff added he had asked City Engineer Westby at the last Planning meeting to talk about 161 St and he got generalities which he understood that is all they could do. He thought the reconstruction next year could have a lot of issues with that development in terms of turn lanes and things because there are a lot of questions about it still. He agreed there is a lot of information with the case and he planned to send his concerns to City Administrator Hagen so he would have time to prepare. Councilmember Howell stated that some residents had reached out and said they had a Zoom meeting with JB Vang and asked what the outcomes were from that, were there any positives. City Administrator Hagen replied not really. He stated the big talking points have been the storm water,traffic and noise. What did come out of it was that the engineer for JB Vang looked at some culverts size and came to the meeting and said one idea was to reduce the culvert size to match the other one. He stated they also talked about adding about four inches to the berm height to hold more water and help with control. He stated another bigger item was the turn lane on Variolite to get on to 161 St northbound and questioning if that is long enough for the busses. Also looking at the internal traffic patterns and ensuring they know how much staging area there is. Councilmember Musgrove asked what the decision was regarding the road onto Variolite. City Administrator Hagen replied not at Staffs recommendation or the traffic study, largely because the direction of the Planning Commission was looking at it from a bus standpoint, right- in,right-out, when not all of the busses come from the north. He didn't think it made sense for the road. Councilmember Musgrove asked if that would add more impervious surface for more water runoff. City Administrator Hagen replied they would just make a bigger pond. He stated there were some good talking points but unfortunately they didn't put it in memo form to make an addendum to the traffic study but were talking about acceleration of busses if they go on to Variolite as opposed to people driving the speed limit coming over a hill and the safety issues there. He stated he asked for a traffic memo because it is easier to understand. Councilmember Specht asked about the feelings on both sides and if PACT seemed frustrated. City Administrator Hagen replied he thought they were mostly concerned about financing and what interest rates are doing and project costs. City Council Work Session/June 28, 2022 Page 19 of 20