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Item No. �3 Staff Report No. 97-Z/53 SCJS Meeting Date: July 7, 1997 Type of Business: Work Session WK: Work-Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Authorization of funding for SEH to accomplish tasks necessary for the implementation of the Ring Road. Date of Report: July 3, 1997 Summary: Staff is seeking authorization from the City Council for$11,000 for the completion of several tasks needed for implementation of the Ring Road through the O'Neil Property. Staff is recommending that these funds be taken from tax increment funds which have been allocated to Highway 10 redevelopment. Background: Mounds View was one of four cities to participate in a design course sponsored by the University of Minnesota this spring. The focus in Mounds View was on design solutions for the Highway 10 corridor. The course resulted in the development of a"Ring Road" concept which would provide a local level road system on either side of Highway 10 between Edgewood Drive and County Road I. One of the keylinks in the RingRoad is throughthe O'Neil roe which is located between Long property rtY Lake Road, County Road H2, and Highway 10. The link would connect a new signalized intersection at Edgewood Drive and Highway 10 located and a new four way intersection at Mounds View Drive and Long Lake Road. The O'Neil property is proposed for development as a 16-screen movie theater, office buildings and restaurants. On May 27,the City Council adopted Ordinance 598 which rezoned the O'Neil Property from B-1 and R-2 to Planned Unit Development, and also adopted Resolution 5119 approving the general concept plan. The stipulations attached to the general concept plan included the following statement: "The property owner/developer shall work with the City to deterine the feasibility of constructing a roadway connection from Long Lake Road to the proposed signalized intersection at Edgewood, as part of development stage plan review. This roadway connection is intended to implement the ring road concept illustrated inthe City's Comprehensive Plan. The City shall take the lead in negotiating with the Department of Natural Resoucres, MnDOT and Ramsey County." Since approval of the rezoning for the O'Neil property, staff has met with MnDOT to discuss the ring road concept and the possibility of realigning Edgewood and creating a full movement, signalized intersection on Highway 10 midway between Long Lake Road and County Road H2. They were willing to review a proposal, but would need to see a road alignment, intersection design and signal sequencing study. They appreciate the comprehensive approach to traffic management which the Ring Road represents, and the efforts the City has made to reduce the number of driveways onto Highway • 10.