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RESOLUTION WHEREAS, traffic flow at the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street is impeded by the configuration of the Rice Street Bridge over Highway 36 and the number of intersections in close proximity to the bridge, and WHEREAS, business in this area including St. Jude Medical, Inc., Joe's Sporting Goods, and Cub Foods generate substantial traffic flows on County Road B, and WHEREAS, most traffic utilizing the aforementioned businesses are impacted by the impediments at Rice and County Road B, and WHEREAS, Metro Transit is contemplating the creation of a park and ride lot on the Northeast corner of the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street, and WHEREAS, the park and ride lot will accommodate over 400 vehicles in addition to the bus traffic that will serve this site, and WHEREAS, the vast majority of these vehicles will further exacerbate the existing problems at the County Road B and Rice Street intersection, and WHEREAS, it is believed that further conflicts at the County Road B and Rice Street intersection will have negative impacts on existing businesses in this area, and WHEREAS, St. Jude Medical, Inc. is an extremely valuable business to Little Canada, Ramsey County, and the State of Minnesota due to its creation of quality jobs and the importance of the products it produces, and WHEREAS, future expansion of St. Jude Medical, Inc. will be jeopardized if employees and customers are negatively impacted by poor traffic flow at the intersection of County Road B and Rice Street, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Little Canada that: 1. Metro Transit conduct a traffic study on the intersection of County Road 13 and Rice Street that documents existing traffic impediments, measures the impact of the proposed park and ride lot, and factors in any growth of existing business whose traffic Clow utilizes this intersection prior to any consideration of the project by the Little Canada City Council or the award of any contracts by Metro Transit. 2 The Little Canada City Council, Metro Transit, St. Jude Medical, Senator John Marty, Representative Beverly Scalze, Ramsey County petition the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Governor Pawlenty for funding to reconstruct the Rice Street 3