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119 orientation does lend itself to a better sustainable, net zero type of reproach and she <br />120 hoped that does come forward and rise up in some of the discussion. <br />121 <br />122 Chair Wozniak asked if there was any intent of trying to work in an COVID related <br />123 impacts or potential longterm effects of COVID into the final presentation, in terms <br />124 of does the City need a license center as big as the current plan given that people <br />125 may be doing more online activity rather than coming into the site. <br />126 <br />127 Mr. Culver thought that was a good point and staff has done some additional <br />128 surveys with department heads as far as staffing levels and how many people will <br />129 be working at home or need to be at the office. <br />130 <br />131 Chair Wozniak thought Mr. Culver was making a case that more storage space was <br />132 needed but $60,000 a year does not seem all that much to pay for additional space <br />133 as compared to some of the costs for a new complex. <br />134 <br />135 Mr. Culver appreciated the comment. On the one hand $60,000 over five years is <br />136 $300,000 and is still a long ways from three million dollars but the buildings the <br />137 City already has, some are already extremely old and trying to make them energy <br />138 efficient and sustainable is limited and the buildings will need investment in the <br />139 future as well. There are also general inefficiencies on how the areas are set up for <br />140 example there is not a wash bay. All of the inefficiencies help justify this in staff <br />141 mind. <br />142 <br />143 7. County Road B2 at Lexington Ave Intersection Improvements <br />144 Mr. Freihammer introduced the County Road B2 at Lexington Avenue Intersection <br />145 Improvements project and noted Mr. DJ Sosa would be making a presentation. <br />146 <br />147 Mr. DJ Sosa made a presentation to the Commission on behalf of Ramsey County. <br />148 <br />149 Member Spencer asked what the main reason is to change this. Is it just to alleviate <br />150 the traffic coming from the High School and how does it impact the neighborhood <br />151 there overall. <br />152 <br />153 Mr. Sosa explained it is not justthe traffic comingthe school but also traffic coming <br />154 from County Road B2 to Lexington to Hwy 36 and vice versa at night-time. The <br />155 additional turn lane will help to add capacity at the intersection and help to move <br />156 the traffic. <br />157 <br />158 Mr. Culver explained County Road B2 and County Road B are alternate corridors <br />159 when Lexington backs up and the lack of turn lanes there really causes as significant <br />160 amount of congestion on County Road B2 at Lexington. There are also some safety <br />161 issues aswell. The funds that are being used are actually the HSIP (Highway Safety <br />162 Improvement Program) funds. This is a needed improvement and impacts the <br />163 residents adjacent to the intersection. <br />164 <br />Page 4 of 6 <br />