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acceptable levels of service and safety at the Ware Road / Birch Street intersection. <br />These recommendations were completed with the Spirit Hills Commercial Development. <br />Birch Street (CSAH 34) is under the jurisdiction of Anoka County. The County has <br />received a copy of the petition and will be reviewing the issue. With these types of <br />requests, the County's first step is to define the problem. They will look at crash data, <br />traffic volumes, turning movements, roadway geometrics, etc... to define the operation of <br />the intersection. Secondly, the County will analyze the collected information by looking <br />at traffic operations, traffic volume forecasts, facility needs, property impacts. Finally, <br />depending on the results of the analysis the County will determine a solution. This could <br />be a short term fix (signing and striping) and / or a more elaborate capital improvement <br />(signalization, access controls, roundabout, etc...). The city will have an opportunity to <br />provide input into this process. <br />Please note that currently Birch Street (CSAH 34) is being used as a portion of the detour <br />for the Main Street (CSAH 14) reconstruction project from 35W to 35E. Upon <br />completion of the Main Street project traffic volumes on Birch Street will lessen and the <br />County will be able to analyze intersection conditions based on typical Birch Street <br />traffic volumes. <br />Additionally, as identified in the 2008 City Council goals, Anoka County will conduct an <br />Access Management Study on Birch Street (CSAH 34) this year. We are anticipating <br />that the Request for Proposal for consultant services will go out in April or May with the <br />study beginning in June. This study will assist in the evaluation of the need for traffic <br />control along the entire Birch Street corridor. <br />Requested Council Direction <br />Staff is requesting Council Direction to work with Anoka County on evaluating the <br />traffic issue. A response letter will be sent to the Lino Lakes Quick Stop stating the <br />action to be taken regarding the petition. <br />2 <br />