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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 15, 2008 Page 12 titions supporting closure of the access for safety reasons; and traffic patterns on County Road B-2. Ms. Friberg opined that she and her neighborhood had ob- served that, when the I-35W bridge collapsed, Paper Calmenson appeared to have no problems with trucks accessing their parcel; and noted the problems in access- ing the road from their residential driveways when the County Road B and TH 280 access was reopened. Ms. Friberg spoke in support of a bike path in the area; and noted the lack of maintenance of County Road B, specific to drainage and re- lated issues, by Ramsey County. Written Comment Written comment from Shari Sebastian regarding this project was made part of the Request for Council Action dated December 15, 2008; supporting permanent closure of the intersection of County Road B and 280. Mayor Klausing closed the Public Hearing at 7:23 p.m. 12. a. Consider Resolution regarding State Project No. 6241-57R Trunk Highway 280 Reconstruction (between County Road B and Broadway Avenue) Mayor Klausing sought input from MnDOT on how to address concerns of Paper Calmenson and incompatibilities with current traffic levels and zoning. Mr. Roy of MnDOT reviewed MnDOT's analysis of the situation when consider- ing the project; crash data; left turn moves; and designs to address those safety is- sues as proposed, and reasonable accommodations provided for loaded trucks to merge onto southbound TH 280 from the Paper Calmenson parcel. Further discussion among Councilmembers, City staff, and MnDOT staff in- cluded confirmation that emergency access and/or evacuation routes were pro- vided; options available for staff to facilitate access and other logistics; and legal processes available to Paper Calmenson if they had lingering issues with access that they felt would impact their business. Klausing moved, Willmus seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 10673 entitled, "Resolution Regarding State Project No. 6241-57R, Trunk Highway 280 (Be- tween County Road B and Broadway Avenue)." Mayor Klausing recognized the valid concerns of both sides of the issue, whether supportive of closure or preferring retaining access; however, when he considered the safety issues, he spoke in support of closure. Councilmember Roe noted his observations upon first moving to Roseville related to that route and its obvious dangers; and opined that it made sense to close the access, while recognizing that such closure would create inconveniences for resi- dential and commercial properties, and encouraged more effective communication