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ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Road and Bridge Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 1998, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Natalie Haas Steffen Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec City Engineer Steve Jankowski Director of Public Works Dean Kapler Police Chief David Gustafson CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Zimmerman called the regular meeting of the Road and Bridge Committee to order at 5:08 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT None COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: Review Feasibility Study for Traffic Calming on 149th Avenue Between Uranimite Street and C.R. #56 (IP #98-15) City Engineer Jankowski stated that when this case was last sent to the City Council, four of the five members appeared not to have an interest in closing off 149th Avenue at this time, especially with the pending construction of C.R. #116. The action at the last City Council meeting was to further discuss the feasibility study at the Road and Bridge Committee. The history of traffic concerns on 149th Avenue goes back more than a year. The problem is that 149th Avenue between Uranimite and Ramsey Boulevard is a long straight street and residents have approached the City saying they have a lot of speeding traffic. The City has tried a few things such as added police patrol, a speed display board, and a traffic circle. Most recently, residents petitioned to cul-de-sac the street. The feasibility study Mr. Jankowski prepared proposes a cul-de-sac on the east end of Uranimite and 149th Avenue. The traffic counts taken show 776 vehicles in a 24-hour period going between Willemite and Uranimite on 150th and 1,116 just west of Ramsey Boulevard (this is kind of the through movement from Axmstrong Boulevard to Ramsey Boulevard). It has been suggested that if that were cul-de-saced, it would reduce traffic, Road and Bridge Committee/May 19, 1998 Page 1 of 7