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Mounds View City Council August 14, 2017 Regular Meeting Page S i Planner Sevald provided the Council with a brief history on the MWF Properties request for the 2 Boulevard apartment complex at the corner of Mounds View Boulevard and Groveland Road. 3 He noted Erin Laberee from Ramsey County was present to discuss a traffic study that was 4 completed for this project. 5 6 Erin Laberee, Ramsey County Traffic Engineer, explained she reviewed the proposed Boulevard 7 apartment complex being proposed for the corner of Mounds View Boulevard and Groveland 8 Road. She discussed the County's position on this proposal and reported the development was to 9 have access off of Groveland Road per the County's access management policy. 10 11 Council Member Meelilhause asked what it would take to have a traffic signal installed at this 12 intersection. Ms. Laberee reported traffic signals are installed at intersections where eight traffic 13 warrants have been met based on traffic volumes, etc. She explained spacing was an issue here 14 given the fact this intersection was only 1,000 feet from Red Oak and would create problems 15 with traffic flow. She noted she reviewed the crash history at this intersection. She commented 16 that the County could complete a warrant study. 17 18 Council Member Meehlhause supported the County going through the warrant analysis process. 19 20 Council Member Bergeron questioned if a business were to locate on these properties would the 21 City tell the potential developer that they could not have access to Mounds View Boulevard, Ms. 22 Laberee stated this was the case. 23 24 Council Member Bergeron commented that concerns have been raised about safety and 25 neighborhood disruption that could easily be resolved if the County would allow access from the 26 proposed development to Mounds View Boulevard. He feared the County was more intent on 27 following their access policy than listening to their constituents. 28 29 Mayor Mueller stated Groveland Road, which was a residential street, currently had 1800 trips 30 per day. She reported an additional 399 trips per day would be added to this residential roadway 31 because the County had denied access to Mounds View Boulevard. She explained she could not 32 understand why the County would not approve one access point onto Mounds View Boulevard 33 when currently the four properties each had their own access point. Ms. Laberee commented on 34 the County's access policy and stated if access could come off of a minor street, this should be 35 done, unless there was a compelling reason. 36 37 Mayor Mueller questioned if there was any room for discussion on this matter, or if the County 38 would speak with the developer. Ms. Laberee stated the County had an access management 39 policy and noted the County has been working with the developer on access issues for the past 40 six months. She reported the County tried to limit access onto County roads for safety purposes. 41 She explained Ramsey County had the highest crash rate in the entire State of Minnesota due to 42 poor access management. 43 44 Council Member Gunn explained the property in question already had a driveway onto Mum& 45 View Boulevard. She was puzzled why this driveway could not be continued to be used. She