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Gem Lake News Page 5 of 6 Sales Rush Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Update S The project website, https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/roads- transit/transit-corridors-studies/rush-line-brt-project now contains a fully interactive map where the public can enter comments all along the proposed route, which is documented in detail. There are regularly scheduled Policy Advisory Committee meetings that take place approximately every couple of months. Impressive Recycling Numbers for 2018 Over 90% of Gem Lake households participated in city wide recycling every month last year. Of the 282 possible pick up sites, an average of 90.73 households remembered to put out their container every two weeks. The results of our recycling efforts were impressive, according to a recent report by Waste Management. A total of 32.7 tons of materials were collected. This broke down into the following categories: *19.2 tons of newspaper *4.2 tons of glass *1.3 tons of aluminum and steel cans *4.6 tons of cardboard and mixed paper *1.1 tons of plastic *0.3 tons of scrap steel *1.9 tons of residue Residue refers to material that was put in the recycling container, but was not able to be recycled. Watch your newsletter or the Gem Lake website for recycling dates. By Jim Lindner, Gem Lake City Council Member The Rush Line BRT Policy and Advisory Committee met on Thursday, February 28. Several changes in committee personnel resulted in the need to elect new officers. As a result, White Bear Lake Mayor Jo Emerson was elected committee chair and Gem Lake council member Jim Lindner was elected vice chair. Program updates relating to the environmental and health impacts of the proposed project, along with reviews of the various recent public engagement events were presented. A new station on Cook Ave. along Phalen Boulevard is now part of the project scope. This was a direct result of community engagement amongst the Hmong community in St. Paul. A significant part of the meeting involved review of several options relating to the station in downtown White Bear Lake. Based on this review, the committee recommended Option A, located between 7th and 8th streets adjacent to Bear Town Bar and Grill. The project is now in its environmental review phase, which is expected to run for the next 18 months or so. All proposed stations will now be analyzed thoroughly to test viability and identify any ancillary improvements that may be needed to make each station a reality.