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2 16.6 Condition 6.1 d. should be added as a condition of approval. The pedestrian and bicycle 3 access plan should be reviewed and approveld by the City Engineer prior to permits being 4 issued. 5 6 6.7 Condition 6.1 e. is in regards to traffic flow towards the County Road B and Snelling 7 intersection and is better understood through the discussion of the Snelling Avenue/ 8 County Road BI tersectio and subsequent 21008 Mn/DOT Improvements. 9 10 6.8 in 11999, State Farm Insurance listed i the Snelling Ave/ County Road B ntersection as one I I of the, 1 10 most dangerous intersections 'in Minnesota,. In 2000,, the City of Roseville, 12 Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mrs /DOT), and Ramsey County conducted a 13 traffic conflict study to determine ways to improve the safety of this 'Intersection. In late 14 2001. staff met With all of the business owners impacted by this intersection in an effort 15 to prioritize the countermeasures 'Identified in the study. This study and the property 16 owner meetings generated, a list of improvements that the different agencies have been 17 working on accomplishing over the last 6 years. Some of these items can only be 18 accomplished concurrent with redevelopment. 19 20 16.9 the most comprehensive project identiffied "is being proposed by Mn/DOT for 21 construction in 20 08,. Mn/DOT will be going out to bid for this project in January 2008, 22 with construction to begin as soon as feasible 'in the spring. This safety project for the 23 Snelling and County Road B intersection *includes the following improvements: 24 25 Addition of a, northbound through lane, on S nelling Avenue from a po, int Just north of 26 Rioselawn Avenue'to TH 36 eastbound ramps. 27 28 New signal, at County Road, B. The east and west legs of this signal are under 29 Ramsey County jurisdiction. Half of the cost of this signal is the responsibility of 30 Ramsey County. 31 32 Right turn lanes at County Road B and Snelling, on both east and west legs of the 3.3 intersection. 35 New signal at the Sk'llmanJ Har Mar/ Snelling Avenue intersection: The east and 36 west legs of the signal at Har Mar and Snelling are under City of Roseville j 37 urisdiction. Half of the cost of this new signal will be the responsibility of the City 38 of Roseville. 39 40 6.10 Upon receipt of the Har Mar :BUD applications, staff discussed with Mfi/Dot the potential 41 to shift the Skillman/ Har Mar/ Snelling Avenue 100 feet south on the east side of 42 Snelling, This would line up the Har Mar entrance with Skillman Avenue on the west 43 side of Snelling, eliminating some vehicle conflicts as, well as providing more contiguous 44 parking for the HarMar center. The demolition of the existing building on the east side of 45 the 'intersection presented an excellent opportunity to address these concerns, 'Staff has PF- 053 —RCA -0 18.c Page 5 of 13