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<br />Item No: 3 <br />Meeting Date: April 6, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Discuss County Road H Preliminary Construction Layout <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Ramsey County has offered to meet with the City Council to review the updated <br />Preliminary Construction Layout associated with the County Road H reconstruction. The <br />Council is aware that a plan revision dated Feb 2, 2015, showed the closure of Clifton <br />Drive onto County Road H. Business owners affected by this closure notified City Staff and <br />we immediately set about working with the County to explore options that would keep the <br />access open. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> Staff met with Ramsey County and the County’s consultant, Kimley-Horn, on February 26, <br />2014, and again on March 31, 2015. At the February meeting, a plan revision was <br />revealed that would provide for a restricted right-in and right-out access to Clifton Drive. <br />Other plan options were considered subsequent to the February meeting, however the <br />restricted right-in right-out proposal remained the only feasible option, according to the <br />County and Kimley-Horn. One option recently considered involved the creation of a <br />roundabout on County Road H with a relocated full local access from Program Avenue, to <br />replace the closed Clifton Drive access. The County indicated that the Federal Highway <br />Administration (FWHA) was unsupportive of the roundabout solution. I have reached out <br />to the local FWHA official, Jim McCarthy, and requested reconsideration of that design as it <br />seemed to be the only feasible option to preserve the full local access. Without such local <br />access, Mounds View businesses would be adversely impacted, and the commercial <br />businesses that rely upon convenient access to and from 35W would no longer be <br />convenient. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review the attached plans and discuss options with Ramsey County and its consultant, <br />Kimley-Horn. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />