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MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 27, 2009 Agenda Item 1.A
TO: Mayor and City Council
Ron Moorse, City Administrator
FROM: Kristine Giga, Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: Ramsey County US 10/CR 96 Grade Separation and CSAH 96
Improvements- Project Update
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Ramsey County has requested to attend a Work Session to provide a status update, provide the
City Council an opportunity to ask questions about the proj ect, and seek input about the proj ect
alternatives. The Project Management Team (PMT), consisting of City, County and State
representatives, is in the process of evaluating the signalized intersection and roundabout
alternatives presented at the March 3, 2009, Open House and selecting a preferred alternative.
The criteria being used to assist in the decision making process has been separated into the three
major categories listed below:
Transportation
• Access Management
• Bicycle Facilities
• Pedestrian Facilities
• Transit
• Level of Service in 2030
• Staging of Construction
• Safety
• Large or Emergency vehicles
Social/Economic
• Historical, Archaeological, and Cultural
• Environmental Justice
• Preservation of Characteristics and Ecology
• Access
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• Construction Costs
• Partial Right-of-Way Taking
• Total Right-of-Way Taking
Environmental
• Parkland (4f/6f)
• Threatened and Endangered Species
• Environmentally Sensitive Areas
• Noise Impacts
• Air Quality
• Protected Waters
• Wetlands
• Contaminated Properties
Jim Tolaas will be Ramsey County's representative at the meeting Marc Goess of Mn/DOT, and
the City's consultant, Chris Chromy of Bolton & Menk, Inc., will also be present.
It is anticipated that the PMT will select a preferred alternative in the next few weeks. Ramsey
County will be attending the April 13, 2009, City Council meeting, requesting a motion of
support for the selected preferred alternative. Additional information will be provided to the
City Council once the preferred alternative is selected. This is not, nor does it replace, Municipal
Consent, which will be requested at a later date. This in an intermediate step the County is
taking with both Arden Hills and New Brighton in an effort to keep both communities actively
involved.
Copies of the alternatives are attached to this memo.