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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MAY 15, 2017 2 took to make a left turn onto Hamline Avenue from Arden View Drive and Colleen Street. He found the average time was approximately 45 seconds. The County would like to reserve the “No Right On Red” signs for times that there is a safety issue but they are willing to restrict rights on red from approximately 6:00-9:00 a.m. for a trial period. They will coordinate enforcement with the Sheriff’s Department once the sign is in place. • Lexington Avenue Roadway Project The developer for Lexington Station is being required to build a signal light on Lexington at the Target entrance when their third phase is complete. Lexington Avenue from County Road E to I694 will be reconstructed in 2020 although preliminary design work has not been done. Signal lights will be retimed as part of the project. • CR 96 Traffic Signal Upgrades All signal lights on County Road 96 from Highway 61 to Hamline Avenue will be upgraded to include flashing yellow arrows, new controllers in the cabinets, new communication fiber, and upgraded pedestrian ramps. Signals will also be retimed. This project will be done in 2018. Mayor David Grant stated that there have been complaints about the intersection of Lake Johanna Boulevard and County Road E and rush hour traffic being very backed up and asked the County to look into the issue. B. RAMSEY COUNTY ORGANICS COLLECTION Senior Planner Matthew Bachler stated that in 2013 the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners approved the expansion of services at the yard waste sites in the County to include organics collection. In 2014, Arden Hills received an application from Ramsey County to include organic collection at the Tony Schmidt yard waste site. The application was turned down due to concerns regarding increased litter, traffic and possible attraction of unwanted wildlife. Mayor Grant noted that Ramsey County said they were going to be implementing curbside collection and that was another reason the application was denied. Senior Planner Bachler went on to say that since that time he has received several phone calls from residents inquiring if organics collection could be added to the Arden Hills yard waste site. Now that the program has been in place at the other County yard waste sites for three years, he invited Ramsey County to provide an update. Ramsey County Environmental Health Director Zach Hanson stated that the County’s master plan states that the City should have curbside collection of organics or some provision of service by 2018. They are backing off that requirement and revising the master plan because the infrastructure hasn’t been put in place. The County Board has authorized six more drop off sites around the County. They are requesting the site in Arden Hills be open year round. Councilmember Brenda Holden wondered if most people were compliant in using compostable bags and only dropping off organics, not other compostables. Director Hanson responded that this is similar to what happened in the 1980’s when recycling first started, by offering a drop off site before curbside develops. There has been very high compliance because it is early adopters that are making the effort. Typically there would be a