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' Jurisdiction. Ramsey County currently maintains.approximately 3/4 of the total 5.8 miles of roadway within Gem Lake (see Table 10) including most of the arterial, all of the collector, and over half of local street mile- age. Gem Lake.maintains only O.8 miles (approximately 14 percent.) of the total mileage. The remaining roads are under state or private jurisdiction.. .E t Public Transit The City is presently served by a MTC bus route.sery ng the commercially i' oriented southeastern corner of the community .(via County Road E and U.S. 51). Since it is a goal of the community to maintain a "rustic" environ- ment in a natural setting (goal #1), the resulting low density of residen- tial development will not be conclusive to substantial increases in bus services.. Nevertheless:some improvements in the frequency of bus service along the minor arterial street system may be desirable, particularly to serve low income and elderly populations. There are no, major fixed transit facilities either existing or planned in. Gem Lake. Airports. There are no airports, proposed airport sites, search areas, or other related facilities located in Gem Lake. Transoortation Policies The following policies have been established by the municipal government of Gem Lake to enhance the quality of transportation for citizens of the community. 1. Gem Lake supports the studv of an improved connection of Otter Lake Road and County Road "F The Northeast Area Transportation Study under the sponsorship o7 the Metropolitan Council and local. communi- ties including Gem Lake has identified the need to establish a series of continuous arterial and collector routes serving the northeastern portion of the metropolitan area (see Figure 9). The relocation of Otter Lake Road connecting directly with County Road "F" n:ne.ighbor- ing White Bear Lake.might further this objective. However, Gem Lake is aware that such a connector between Otter Lake Road and County Road F would tend to increase traffic sufficiently to jeopardize Gem Lake's objective of maintaining a rustic environment and therefore should take steps to minimize the impact of such a -development on. the rest of Gem Lake's road system. t 2. Further development of pri.vate roads serving more than one prooert wil.1 be discouraged. While the provision of private roads is consis- tent with.the City s desire to maintain a low profile government; over the long term this policy may be detrimental to the City. A higher level of construction standards and maintenance can probably be assured if the City acquires public rights -of -way at the time of land development:. -41-