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...- -2- the 1983 Bikeway Design Manual provided by Mn/DOT. In general, you will note that Anoka County encourages the use of its County Highways, particularly those with shoulders as bikeways provided that they offer a safe environment for bike travel. In addition you will note that the Anoka County Highway Department does not allow designated bikeways by signing and/or pavement markings on any of its routes, but does allow cities, townships and park authonties to designate these routes as bikeways on their maps and brochures provided they meet the intent of the Policy. The City, Township or Park Authority has the responsibility to review the Current Bike Standards each time they update their map, condItions on a route change, or the Bike Standards Change to insure that any route shown or an official Bike Route map and located on a County Road or County State Aid Highway offers a level of service of at least "fair" according to those standards. I would encourage you to review all of the routes shown on the map you attached to your memorandum to be sure they meet the "fair" rating. If they do not they should be removed from the map. This would apply to all County Roads and County State Aid Highways for both proposed and existing trails. Thirdly, I am unaware of any state law that regulates the use of County Right-of-Way for equestrian purposes. In addition, Anoka County does not have a specific policy on the subject nor have we had a significant number of inquiries or complaints regarding the use of the right-of-way for these purposes. I have asked the County Attorneys office to investigate the issue further and if we find regulations regarding the equestrian use, we will forward those to you. You should also have the City Attorney review this issue. On the issue of advisory signs calling attention to 153rd Avenue NW at Sunfish Lake Boulevard, I will turn the issue over to Jane Pemble, our Traffic Engineer, for review and if warranted, the signs will be installed. Typically the County does not install these signs unless there is a specific problem that could be corrected by them. Please enter this entire memorandum well as the attachments as written comments to the Ramsey Park and Recreation Commission as a part of the Public Hearing process on January 12, 1995. If you have further questions on the appropriate use of shoulders as bikeways, please feel free to contact me at your convenience at 754-3520. xc: Commissioner Dennis Berg Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator Steve Jankowski, City Engineer x/,- \fi: xc: dmh/1RAMSEY