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CASE #4 <br />CONSIDER RENAMING 167TH AVENUE <br />By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer <br />Background: <br />According to the schedule in the current Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 167 Avenue is <br />scheduled to become a collector street which will traverse nearly three miles across the <br />City from TH 47 to Armstrong Boulevard within the next couple of years. From the <br />attached figure it is evident that the final alignment of this roadway will traverse <br />segments of City streets which currently include portions of Jaspar Street, 166' Avenue, <br />Alpaca Street, and 163 Lane as well as 167 Avenue. ' Similar to Alpine Drive and <br />Sunwood Drive which also had previously consisted of a variety of different named <br />streets, it will eliminate confusion to have this collector roadway have a uniform street <br />name throughout its length. Also similar to these other collector streets this name will <br />need to deviate from the official Anoka County street name grid. The purpose of this case <br />is to identify the process for selecting the new name for this collector street. <br />Community input for the new name should be a part of the renaming process. When 153 <br />Avenue and 155 Avenue were renamed to Alpine Drive in 2001 an article was <br />published in the Ramsey resident asking for suggested names. It would also be possible <br />to direct staff to propose a short list of names. Say for example; Here and There Avenue; <br />• or Once In A While Boulevard. Or perhaps, .the suggested names should be left to the <br />public. <br />Action: <br />• <br />Based upon discussion <br />Reviewed By: <br />Director of Public Works/Principal City Engineer <br />Community Development Director <br />PW: 06/19/07 <br />-153- <br />