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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — August 19, 2019 6 Mr. Weser said they are wide intersections and will work for large trucks. Councilmember McClung asked if the new light at Red Fox will be timed so it doesn't cause a backup between Red Fox and the freeway. Mr. Weser said they would be. Councilmember Holden said if you are going east on Red Fox Road and want to go north onto Lexington the lanes are full of traffic coming out of Target. There needs to be a control for the right turn going north. Councilmember Holmes agreed that a continuous right won't work from the Arden Hills perspective. She felt there is plenty of room for stacking on Red Fox Road coming out of Target. She would like to see no right on red. Councilmember McClung said the right turn on red should be prohibited because people on the Arden Hills side can't get out now on a green arrow to go left. Mr. Weser said he can take the request back to the signal designers to see what they can do. The signals will be interconnected on a common control system all along the corridor. Councilmember Holmes said she'd like to see a signal with an arrow that goes right that can be turned on and off as necessary. It could blink yellow most of the time but at peak times it could be red. Mayor Grant asked if there would be federal money involved in the project. Ramsey County Project Manager Yang said there were state aid funds but not federal. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom highlighted the three key points that the Council wants to see: dedicated right turn from south bound Lexington onto County Road E, a right turn lane at the Lexington Station/Target intersection and a right turn signal for westbound Red Fox at Lexington. C. Park Security Discussion City Administrator Perrault said this went back to a previous discussion when Sheriff Serier was at a meeting and the Council asked staff to come up with a plan for comments and concerns regarding the parks. A table with incidents from 2017 to date was provided along with a list of incidents that had been reported to the Sheriffs department. The Council also previously discussed adding cameras at Cummings park. Initial cost for cameras would be around $5000 with approximately $1000 per year thereafter. Staff wants to establish abetter tracking system to monitor what is going on at the parks. They are proposing to have a quarterly meeting with staff and the Sheriff's department to discuss incidences and share concerns, unless there is something that needs a timelier discussion. Recreation Coordinator Knoll explained they have a new numbering system for keys, so they know which staff person has which keys. The keys are also marked "do not duplicate". Three lead