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<br />Memo to Planning Commission <br />Planning Case 1102-25: Preliminary Plat and Master Plan POD <br />Page 5 of 12 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />8. Access I Street Design. There are several access and street design issues associated with <br />the preliminary plat. First, as previously mentioned, the plat contemplates the vacation of <br />FertiWOOd Avenue as a city street. While street vacations are not considered officially by <br />the Planning Conunission, from an access perspective the vacation of Fern wood has <br />significant implicatiolls fot Gnidant and adjacent property owners. The following map <br />highlights adJacent property owners impacted by the vacation ofFemwood Avenue: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />To provide alternative access to the impacted properties to the north, the proposed <br />plat dedicates the existing private access referred to on the plat as Cummings Park: <br />Drive <br /> <br />,. 'I'he, installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of "Cummings Park <br />))rive" and Lexington Avenue at Guidant's expense. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To accommodate enhanced circulation for Guidant and adjacent property owners, <br />the preliminary results of the traffic study indicated that a signalized intersection <br />at Lexington Avenue would be appropriate. Based on discussions with Guidant, <br />they are amenable to this. This would be constructed at Guidant's expense, and <br />ultimately approved by Ramsey County. <br />