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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 1/6/2025 Item No.: 8.a. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve County Road C Project, Pathway/Midblock Crossings 1 2 Background 3 On April 15, 2024, Ramsey County’s project manager, Joey Lundquist, and Alysa Johnson 4 from SRF Consulting presented project information (Attachment 2) to the City Council. Over 5 the last year, Ramsey County, in collaboration with the cities of Roseville and Little 6 Canada, has worked to redesign County Road C (CSAH 23) between Lexington Avenue 7 and Little Canada Road. This redesign will include a 4-to-3 lane conversion of County Road 8 C, complete with a continuous center left turn lane. The roadway will be resurfaced and 9 restriped. Traffic signals will be replaced at Rice Street and Lexington Avenue. The project 10 will also be looking at pedestrian/bicycle needs and updating those facilities for the project 11 area. The current layout shows the addition of an eight-foot bituminous pathway on the 12 north side of County Road C between Western Avenue and Rice Street and bike lanes on 13 both the north and south sides for the length of the project with the new lane configuration. 14 The project also includes preparing plans to replace the bridge over BNSF railway west of 15 Victoria Avenue and preparing an intersection control evaluation for the intersection of 16 Victoria Street and County Road C. Both will be future construction projects and are 17 currently unfunded. 18 19 The County has held two open houses to date on the project. The first was held May 21, 20 2024, and the second on October 16, 2024. A summary of the first public engagement is 21 included in Attachment 4. Once the preliminary layout is finalized, Ramsey County 22 anticipates holding a third open house later in the spring of 2025. 23 24 More information about the project can also be found on the project website: 25 ramseycounty.us/residents/roads-transportation/future-road-projects/future-road- 26 construction-projects/county-road-c. 27 28 At the November 4, 2024 City Council meeting, the City received a petition (Attachment 3) 29 from residents to remove the pathway from the project and to eliminate the mid-block 30 crossings. Staff needs direction from Council as to whether these elements should still be 31 included with the project. Ramsey County hopes to finish preliminary design in the next few 32 months so they can begin right-of-way (ROW) acquisition. Construction is anticipated in 33 2026. 34 35 A postcard mailing was sent on December 26, 2024, alerting residents that the Council 36 would be discussing the County Road C project and related pathway improvements during Page 1 of 3 Qbhf!5!pg!33: