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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROSEVILLE RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, Minnesota was duly held at the City Hall in said City on Monday, the 10th day of October, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. The following members were present: Ihlan, Maschka, Kough, Schroeder and Klausing and the following were absent: none Councilmember Maschka introduced and moved the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION NO. 10340 RESOLUTION REQUESTING TRAFFIC STUDY AT COUNTY ROAD B AND RICE STREET WHEREAS, traffic flow at the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street is impeded by the configuration of the Rice Street Bridge over Highway 36 and the number of intersections in close proximity to the bridge, and WHEREAS, local business in this area and residential neighborhoods and pass through vehicles generate substantial traffic flows on County Road B and Rice Street, and WHEREAS, most traffic in this area is impacted by the impediments at Rice and County Road B, and WHEREAS, Metro Transit is contemplating the creation of a park and ride lot on the Northeast comer of the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street, and WHEREAS, the park and ride lot will accommodate over 400 vehicles in addition to the bus traffic that will serve this site, and WHEREAS, the vast majority of these vehicles will further exacerbate the existing problems at the County Road B and Rice Street intersection, and WHEREAS, it is believed that further conflicts at the County Road B and Rice Street intersection will have negative impacts on existing businesses in this area, and WHEREAS, future redevelopment may be jeopardized if employees and customers are negatively impacted by poor traffic flow at the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street,