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Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she is not thinking the County has it in their CAFRS nor <br />does the City. She believes it's the State's responsibility. She visited with people at the <br />Metropolitan Council and they are planning to do a study. She continued that Ramsey has two <br />roads to "dump" traffic onto and they are #10 and #47 and the Met Council is predicting we will <br />have an additional 5,200 people on these roads. T.H. #47 is considered a preservation and we <br />cannot take 5,200 more homes in the City without some kind of good planning for #47 and #10. <br />We should get together and talk about what seems reasonable. <br /> <br />Mr. Berg stated that if the Mississippi bridge crossing does not terminate on a state highway, we <br />risk the chance of losing state money. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson felt that MnDOT and the Metropolitan are talking with each other - they feel the <br />money should be spent on T.H. #47. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that beyond #10 and #47 we have two rivers. We have to <br />have some place to get people to and from where they are going. MnDOT said they would come <br />and talk to Ramsey again. We cannot take more people in the City if something isn't done about <br />transportation. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson stated that when the last Ramsey MUSA expansion came up, we asked how will we <br />will handle the transportation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she would convince the Ramsey City Council of the fact that <br />we cannot take on 5,200 more homes without a road. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson agreed and stated he would fight for improvements too. He added that this North Star <br />Corridor will help focus on Highway #10 and money too. He stated that the Metropolitan <br />Council does not realize that policies they have had in the past 20 years have caused the urban <br />sprawl rather than control it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen felt that the City and the County need to make the same noise. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson felt that this is happening. <br /> <br />Councilmember Beyer arrived - 5:47 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Berg commented that a river crossing will be a "tough sell". <br /> <br />Mr. Olson added that getting MnDOT support will be a "tough sell". <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated we have to get the Met Council support. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson stated that if you are satisfied in saying that crossing could be all locally funded, then <br />he did not think there would be a problem <br /> <br />Road and Bridge Committee/February 17, 1998 <br /> Page 4 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />