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Item No: 07A Meeting Date: June 13, 2016 Type of Business: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 918, an Ordinance Assigning the Name “Mounds View Boulevard” to That Part of County Road 10 Located within the City of Mounds View Introduction: The City has been debating the issue of the County Road 10 / Highway 10 problem for many years, presumably beginning not long after Ramsey County decided to maintain the numerical designation for the old Highway 10 corridor after the new Highway 10 opened. Perhaps the decision to not change the name or number was based initially on the fact that since there would be no homes or businesses fronting the new Highway 10, keeping the “10” designation would limit disruption to the businesses on the corridor (at least from a mail delivery and addressing perspective.) Over the years, however, businesses have complained about difficulties with clients finding their locations, missed appointments, missed deliveries, GPS conflicts, etc. People intending to come to City Hall would often call from Anoka or other points wondering where we were. While the confusion has diminished to a small extent over time as familiarity has increased, conflicts remain commonplace. History: The City has twice worked with the cities of Spring Lake Park and Blaine to resolve the County Road 10 / Highway 10 conflict. In 2005, a task force was created to come up with a name for the corridor. Four names were put forth from that process, however no action was taken to move ahead with the name assignment. In 2012, the City Council initiated another task force to revisit the issue. One name was agreed upon by the three cities and community partners—Northtown Boulevard. A second alternate name was put forth— Mounds View Boulevard—in the event the City were to go forth on its own. After the three cities decided on the name, staff began working with the County and MnDOT to determine the cost of signage replacement. For County signage within the corridor, each city would be responsible for costs associated with swapping out the signs within their municipal boundaries. Jim Tolaas from Ramsey County estimated the cost for Mounds View would be about $12,000. As for the MnDOT signs, we were initially told they would cost about $50,000 to update, however we were later informed that the cost would actually be closer to $500,000 and that a complete sign inventory would need to be completed by the cities to move the project forward. Given the high costs, the cities decided to “table” further action on the initiative.