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<br /> Phantom leagues.That's what Bruce Anderson, l bursa I aega etowi 1 'aanamoH Since then,dozens of residents
<br /> director of parks and recreation for the city of, I -amq; jiascui 2upand aoj am have come to City Council meet-
<br /> Maplewood,calls them recreation
<br /> soccer teams that 1-jsuodsaa djajos ant I"•.Cys zing Ings asking the city to react
<br /> don't officially reserve fields for games.They Just ;uojaenajs Aux 2ujpmfia t aro(us with urgency. The steering
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<br /> show up and play wherever they can find the num;iiyas
<br /> o s ou adxa L. committee's recommendations,
<br /> When they can't find the green they need In 'dn anjs;l oa jou SMOA log which will be presented today,
<br /> space
<br /> r;,. amfa$ al pewee!aq paeaj osje are meant to help control speed,
<br /> their home community, they seep onto soccer
<br /> fields in neighboring locales. aH'Paljdda de Woad 00e gojgm aoj improve,pedestrian safety and
<br /> It's happening all over the. Twin Cities as a rug mimes aaandutoa a m qof a establish community identity.
<br /> shortage of fields in some cities spills over into 10j sasjjeug.moj;iuotue sem aq "Safety is the primary con-
<br /> cern.That's 1 '11 3[00A1Ismpommel zjnu cern.That's the impetus for this
<br /> It has gotten so bad in Maplewood that signs " "' "" ""'"�" study,"said Aaron Parrish,eco-
<br /> have been posted warning soccer teams they need nomic development director.
<br /> permits to play.Anderson doesn't want people to Among the list of ideas is to
<br /> think his town is parochialIt's just that Sundays transform the road to appear
<br /> ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS more like a boulevard than a
<br /> SOCCER FACILITIES,4B commuter highway.Suggestions
<br /> A ��/ include renaming the road to a
<br /> boulevard or parkway;buffering
<br /> TO LEARN MORE the highway with plants'flowers
<br /> and shrubs;and developing the
<br /> is The Web site for Soccer5paces is at center median. Safety features
<br /> Ess could include colored crosswalk
<br /> e www.soccerspaces.org, ;• pavements, more speed limit
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<br /> The Minnesota Youth Soccer Association COUNTY signs,longer walk signal times,a
<br /> Is at www.mnyouthsoccer.org. • ROAD 10 IN pedestrian bridge or tunnel,more
<br /> MOUNDS VIEW trails �origire nally wwanted to
<br /> reduce the speed limit from 50
<br /> SPOTLIGHT ON MOUNDS VIEW ■2000-37 accidents, mph to 90,but altstudying the
<br /> one pedestrian killed road,the Minnesota Department
<br /> C011ilty. a 1999—31 accidents, ofu rentspeedlimi concluded the
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<br /> 1.loacl • one pedestrian killed current city ha hiredt au cient
<br /> nsult The city has hired a consult-
<br /> ant,URS of Minneapolis,which
<br /> will conduct the community
<br /> 10 safetymeetings,Based attheCo lill� meetings, the group will work
<br /> J with the project team to come
<br /> up with Road 10 later be presented will options that
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<br /> In resaddidennts,
<br /> tot thee pressure Is
<br /> i1aiis (continued) workingothe city also -
<br /> against another dead-
<br /> line action." line to get the project done.
<br /> Making the highway corridor Now that the state has turned
<br /> safer has been discussed for the road back to Ramsey Coun-
<br /> budget
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<br /> years, but improvements have ty,there is a$1.2 million budget
<br /> 2 pedestrians died in 5 months stalled because of disagree for maintenance along the corrl-
<br /> ments over the best way to do it dor. arose Anticipating the safety proj-
<br /> ect,
<br /> However,the death last year of Ramsey County has told the
<br /> BY NANCY NGO 13-year-old Brandon Harstad, city it could use some of the
<br /> Pioneer Press who was struck and killed by a money for reconstruction rather
<br /> More than a year after two pedestrian deaths car while trying to cross the than maintenance it the city has
<br /> highway at Edgewood Drive, a plan in place by December.
<br /> prompted cries for a safer County Road 10, was the last straw.
<br /> Mounds View residents will get their first look at 1 Nancy Ngo,who covers north
<br /> proposed improvements tonight It was the second pedestrian suburban communities,can be
<br /> The community forum and open house will be death in five months.A pedes- t reached at
<br /> held at 7 p.m.in City Halt It will be the first in a erica had been struck and knn 2149. neerpress.com or(55I)
<br /> series of meetings that will give residents a chance earlier at Pleasant View Drrlledive. 228--2149.
<br /> to respond to more than a dozen options.
<br /> is The a rinnab ni tteethat came pwiproject team m de p "I see this asa 1 Making County
<br /> of city employees,residents and business owners. transition between • A comm 10 safer
<br /> "I see this as a transition between studying the A community forum will be held
<br /> issue and then doing something," said Mounds studyingthe issue and Monday to discuss making the
<br /> View resident Bruce Brasaemle who is a member , 4-mile stretch of County Road
<br /> of the project team."This is when we'll start see- 10 safer.Residents have been
<br /> then doing something. rallying for road Improvements
<br /> since 13-year-old Brandon
<br /> COUNTY ROAD 10,4B This is when we'll start Harstad was struck
<br /> and killed while
<br /> ta+ seeing some action." they
<br /> street.cross RAMSEY
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<br /> BRUCE BRASAEMLE 4-mile stretch of „•C0
<br /> Mounds View resident
<br /> County Road 10 St.Paul
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