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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />CONSENT ITEM – 7G <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: August 9, 2021 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: David Swearingen, Interim Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Lexington Avenue and Target Rd Signal System Feasibility Report <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $323,000 $198,916.75 Special Assessments <br /> Per current CIP estimate Street light portion <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: <br /> <br />• Resolution 2021-044 receiving the feasibility report for the potential traffic signal <br />system as part of the Lexington Avenue Reconstruct Project and ordering the <br />improvement hearing. <br /> <br />All items need a simple majority for action unless otherwise noted. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />On February 22, 2021, City Council approved professional services with Alliant Engineering and <br />approved Resolution 2021-011 to prepare a feasibility report on the proposed traffic signal <br />system improvements at the intersection of Lexington Avenue North and Target Rd as part of the <br />Ramsey County led Lexington Avenue Reconstruct Project. <br /> <br />The feasibility report was prepared for the Cities of Shoreview and Arden Hills to document <br />proposed improvements, project costs, funding, and assessments for a new traffic signal system <br />installed as part of the Ramsey County Lexington Avenue Reconstruction Project. The full <br />feasibility report can be reviewed in Attachment A. <br /> <br />The 2013 Master Planned Unit Development (PUD) agreement, Attachment C, for the Lexington <br />Station commercial site includes access and cost participation requirements related to the <br />proposed Target Road traffic signal. The master PUD agreement states that full development of <br />the Lexington Station commercial property will include a new access driveway aligned with <br />Target Road to replace the current access point along Lexington Avenue. The new access is