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34 <br />35 Motion <br />36 Member Joyce moved, Member Cicha seconded, approval of the March 22, <br />37 2022 meeting minutes as amended. <br />38 <br />39 Ayes:6 <br />40 Nays:0 <br />41 Motion carried. <br />42 <br />43 5. Communication Items <br />44 City Engineer Jesse Freihammer provided a brief review and update on projects <br />45 and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated April 26, 2022. <br />46 <br />47 Public Works Director Marc Culver updated the Commission on shredding day on <br />48 May 21'. He noted the City is finding it difficult to get contractors that are willing <br />49 to do this event at the scale the City needs it to be done for the demand that is out <br />50 there. He was not sure how much longer the City will be able to do this event with <br />51 costs increasing and the difficulty of getting contractors. He explained this is a nice <br />52 free event but there are many private market options for this service as well. <br />53 <br />54 Mr. Culver explained staff had a really good meeting with the City Council on the <br />55 Civic Campus predesign project and a couple of residents attended and provided <br />56 some good and honest input from their perspective. The City continues to be aware <br />57 of the impact this proposal may bring to the neighboring residents and the <br />58 community as a whole. <br />59 <br />60 Member Spencer inquired about the clean up day and how much was recycled. <br />61 <br />62 Mr. Freihammer indicated he would report that information at the May meeting. <br />63 All of the data has not been tabulated yet. <br />64 <br />65 Member Spencer asked about the cable median on Snelling and inquired about the <br />66 reasoning for it. <br />67 <br />68 Mr. Freihammer explained similar to other locations in the Metro, it is more of a <br />69 safety improvement so there are not any crossovers between the lanes. Some of it <br />70 was to prevent the illegal U-turns that are present. As part of that, there are a couple <br />71 of minor improvements in that area as well. He reported the improvements to the <br />72 Commission. <br />73 <br />74 Chair Ficek indicated regarding the Lexington Water Main if the turn lane will be <br />75 removed to make it one way each direction, he wondered how that will affect <br />76 access. <br />77 <br />78 Mr. Freihammer explained traffic will be shifted to the east and southbound traffic <br />79 will use the old center left turn lane. The City is working with Ramsey County for <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />