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Case #5 Consider Restricting Parking on One Side of Pondvale Streets Background: A resident of the Pondvale Estates subdivision noted that during school events overflow parking occurs on both sides of 150 Lane restricting the ability for traffic to move freely down the subdivision streets. With the completion of Helium as a through street connecting into the new Meadows subdivision to the north this situation becomes more of a concern than in the past. 150 Lane is 31 wide with bituminous curb and gutter and when parking occurs on both sides the width available for traveling vehicles is reduced to approximately 15 feet. Committee and neighborhood residents in attendance agreed that the.problem is of most concern when there are special school events and this situation exists throughout the whole school day and no just during the short term after school pick up period. Motion by Councilmember Dehen, seconded by Councilmember Olson to recommend to City Council that parking be restricted on one side of 150 Lane and Helium Street, if necessary, during special school events by utilizing temporary "No Parking" signage under the authority established in section 6.03 of City Code. Action: Ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee. Case #6 Reconsideration of 2007 MSA Mileage Additions Background: You may recall at the February 13, 2007 Committee meeting staff presented a case related to designating additional mileage to the City's Municipal State Aid (MSA) system which proposed adding 173` Avenue (County highway 63) between Armstrong Blvd and Variolite Street to the City's MSA system, a distance of 2.0 miles. Further recall that to have available this amount of mileage to add to the system it would be necessary to remove 0.45 miles from our current system. This mileage would become available by revoking the MSA designations on portions of 142" Avenue and Traprock Street since this route runs through what is now planned to be a regional County Park. Staff has become aware that because of the impending turnback of this segment of roadway by Anoka County to the City of Ramsey, it would be more advantageous to the city to wait until this roadway is turned back by the County prior to designating this mileage on the system. This stems from the fact that as a tumback, the needs on this portion of roadway would be in addition to the total 20% limitation of the city's system mileage. It would be prudent to designate some alternate mileage in 2007 to maximize the designated mileage as closely as possible to the allowable limit. The Public Works Committee discussed this at their April 17, 2007 meeting. The city has the potential to add 1.55 miles to its MSA system.