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<br /> <br />Minnesota, USA <br /> <br />Citizen Concerns and City Staff Responses <br /> <br />arising out of the <br /> <br />Community Town Hall Meeting <br />Saturday, April 3, 2004 <br /> <br />Fairview Community Center <br /> <br />On Saturday, April 3, the Roseville City Council held a Town Hall meeting. This was <br />the second of a three step effort to set goals for the 2005 City budget. Residents met one- <br />on-one with elected officials and staff to air their questions and concerns about City <br />government. Residents also had an opportunity to address the entire Council and the <br />public in attendance as a group. The videotape of that meeting is re-broadcast on cable <br />channel 16 and available for web casting 24/7/365 on the C- TV website. <br /> <br />The following is a synopsis of resident questions/concerns raised at the April 3 <br />Community Town Hall Meeting, and the City Staffs responses: <br /> <br />*********************** <br /> <br />Cl. Some residents expressed concern about the County closing County Road B at <br />Highway 280. Concerns revolved around possible crises in the northwest comer ofthe <br />City and the proximity of the neighborhood to the petroleum tank farms to the north. <br />Could the state and federal government reconsider the decision to close County Road B at <br />Highway 280? Whose idea was it to close County B? <br /> <br />Rl. The State's proposal and rationale for working with the County to close County <br />Road B at Highway 280 is to reduce traffic accidents associated with turning movements <br />along State Highway 280, including at the intersection of280 and County B. Using a <br />combination of State and federal funds, the State is proposing to improve Highway 280 in <br />2005 from approximately the Larpenteur interchange on the south to the point of <br />Highway 280's merger with Highway 36 on the north. The State and County believe this <br />will reduce accidents and injuries. <br /> <br />Emergency access from County B to 280 will be available through installation of a <br />knock-down barricade that would be built as part of the Project. Additional County <br />improvements are planned at the intersection of County Road B and Cleveland, also due <br />to safety concerns. <br />