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ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Road and Bridge Committee conducted a special meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 1998, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Natalie Haas Steffen Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Engineer Steve Jankowski Director of Public Works Dean Kapler CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Zimmerman called the special meeting of the Road and Bridge Committee to order at 5:38 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT None CONSENT AGENDA None COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: Consider Change to C.R. #116 Project City Engineer Jankowski pointed out that the reason for this special Road and Bridge Committee meeting is that staff has been talking to Mr. Bill Howard, the Construction Engineer for the C.R. #116 project. The plan was to build a berm with top soil. It was anticipated that approximately 20,000 cubic meters of topsoil would be available to construct a three meter (nine-foot) berm along a 90~foot wide strip of property that the City owns immediately south of these homes. The construction engineer has advised that the 20,000 cubic meters may not be available. This berm was intended to provide some buffer of the new highway from these residential properties, but upon closer inspection, the berm may not provide the desired results. It may be more effective to plant some trees along this strip of land to achieve the visual screening from the homes. Mr. Jankowski recommended that a row of evergreen trees be planted along the southern property lines to provide screening for homes most exposed to the visual impacts of the highway. The cost of this planting is estimated at $5,000. Road and Bridge Committee/September 8, 1998 Page 1 of 2