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will be some immediate and hopefully, at least noticeable, if not measurable <br />benefits of that from a localized flooding perspective. There are some areas that <br />have experienced localized flooding and staff is hoping and expecting that the <br />underground storage will help with some of that. As far as water quality <br />downstream, it is a little more difficult to perhaps measure that directly and from <br />these types of devices. He indicated staff is hoping that a large number of these <br />projects will have a measurable impact going into the ultimate water lines. <br />Chair Wozniak wondered if there will be a connection at any time from the B2 <br />Pathway project to Lexington. <br />Mr. Freihammer indicated in the short term the answer is no. The connection will <br />go from the northbound ramp to the west to the southbound ramp which is pretty <br />much the connection. It does provide a pretty good connection to transit. One of <br />the bus stop currently stops at the ramp. <br />Chair Wozniak noted the Snelling signals, it seemed to him that many years ago <br />there was discussion about some requirements that adjacent signals have some <br />synchronicity in their timing. He wondered if this was correct and was there some <br />requirement that links consecutive signals together. <br />Mr. Culver was not sure there was a requirement for that. Certainly, the signals on <br />Snelling are coordinated, probably from at least Larpenteur through County Road <br />B, would be a coordinated system of signals and then County Road C through Lydia <br />would be a separate system, just because of distance. <br />Chair Wozniak indicated another question he had was in regard to the Benchmark <br />Study. There was a recent benchmarking event a couple of weeks ago, March 8th <br />and he wondered what participation and interest there has been so far. <br />Mr. Culver thought there were two events so far with a third scheduled for April <br />8"'. He indicated there is some mild interest in it. <br />Member Spencer explained on the western side of Lake McCarrons where the water <br />comes through the different step-down ponds to drop the contaminants before it <br />enters Lake McCarron, and it looks like someone cleared out a bunch of trees and <br />other stuff and he wondered what that was for. <br />Mr. Freihammer indicated in Villa Park that series of wetlands and weirs is in the <br />City and staff does work a lot of that with Capital Region Watershed. He noted he <br />was not aware of any clearing that happened other than if there are fallen trees built <br />up on the weir, the City maintenance staff does remove those but in terms of <br />standing trees, if those are cleared then he did not know if that would be a parks <br />thing or not. <br />5. Ramsey County Ditch 4 Project Overview <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />