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Department of Public Works <br />Kenneth G. Haider, P.E., Director and County Engineer <br />1425 Paul Kirkwold Drive <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112-3933 • (651) 266-7100 • Fax (651) 266-7110 <br />E-mail: Public.Works@co.ramsey.mn.us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joel Hanson <br />City ofLi~tt-l~e-C~anada <br />FROM: Dan S le6 r i i~~f~. <br />Ramsey C~ty Public Works <br />SUBJECT: Saint Jude Medical <br />Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) <br />DATE: August 27, 2007 <br />The Ramsey County Public Worlcs Department has reviewed the Environmental Assessment <br />Worksheet (EAW) and Traffic Impact Study for the proposed St. Jude medical Technology <br />Center Expansion in the City of Little Canada. Ramsey County Public Works has the following <br />comments regarding this EAW and Traffic Study. <br />1. The roadways impacted by this proposed campus expansion are County Road B2 and Viking <br />Drive (Little Canada City Streets), Rice Street (County State Aid Highway) and TH 36 <br />(Minnesota Trunk Highway). The intersection of Rice Street and County Road B2 is under <br />the jurisdiction of Ramsey County Public Worlcs. <br />2. The County concurs that the intersections along Rice Street between County Road B and <br />County Road B2 operate at an acceptable level of service for most hours of the day except <br />for the pm peals hour. In the pm peak traffic backs up through the intersections at County <br />Road B and the TH 36 ramps causing congestion. <br />3. The County concurs with the methodology used for trip generation and trip distribution in the <br />traffic study. The "2013 pm peak hour build" volumes show 610 left turns from westbound <br />County Road B2 to southbound Rice Street and 330 left turns from westbound Minnesota <br />Street to southbound Rice Street. Because Viking Drive will now align into Minnesota Street <br />this may become a more viable option for drivers leaving the easternmost parking deck in <br />order to avoid the congestion on County Road B2. <br />4. The County concurs that congestion will worsen along Rice Street between County Road B <br />and County Road B2 under both the "No-Build" and "Build" conditions. The County, in <br />cooperation with the adjacent cities and Mn/DOT, is exploring options for roadway <br />Minnesota's First Home Rule County <br />printed on recycled DaDer with a minimmn of 10%pos4consomer contont <br />r.~n <br />