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Mounds View City Council February 28, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 24 explained that if their vehicles travel up Spring Lake Road and come all the way back down to Pleasant View Drive, it would involve a couple of extra minutes. He stated the Fire Chief had also suggested the option of installing curbing in the radius, with chevrons properly spaced so that traffic would be directed around the corner, but would allow the fire trucks to jump the curb into the Pleasant View Drive cul-de-sac. Mayor Coughlin advised that changing this configuration affects all of the other traffic patterns as well. Mrs. Oberg stated residents should not be involved in commercial business. She indicated that they were paying the price for the Spring Lake Park commercial area, and were paying the costs as residents, for the provision of business traffic to Spring Lake Park, which is not right. She stated she believed Ramsey County should protect the residents as well. Mr. Craiger stated he had asked Mr. Soler if he required a request or some type of action from Mounds View in order to take further action in Ramsey County to assist in this matter, and he had indicated he did not, therefore, he assumed the matter would move forward. He explained however, he was not certain how much action Mr. Soler would be taking on his own, therefore, he would request Director of Public Works Ulrich contact him in this regard. Council Member Stigney stated some valid concerns have been expressed with regard to design and possible alternatives. He advised that rather than acquiesce to the current proposal, he would prefer to see the proposals and alternatives be forwarded to Spring Lake Park, to address the concerns of these residents, as well as to Anoka County. He indicated the residents have pointed out what appear to be some serious flaws in the design, and rather than proceed simply because there is funding available, this was the time to readdress the issue. Mayor Coughlin stated testimony has been taken, and some of these concerns have already been raised in the public record. Director of Public Works Ulrich stated many of these questions were addressed at the public informational meeting, and he received a list of comments that was returned by Anoka County. He explained that the list did not contain responses to the comments, but rather contained the comments provided by the citizens of Mounds View. He stated the County is required by law to address each one of these comments, and they will receive the responses prior to any further commitment on the project. Mrs. Oberg pointed out that at the meeting, Lyndon ________ was highly interested in their proposals. She indicated he felt that the Westwood Drive option would be sufficiently distanced, at 3/10ths of a mile, from the area that is subject to accidents. She explained that she has driven Westwood Drive on numerous occasions, and during various times of the day, has had sufficient time to make a left hand turn in front of the old bowling alley buildings. Director of Public Works Ulrich stated the City has requested Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates to determine the signal distance from the interchange. Mayor Coughlin stated the Council has consented to put this matter on a Work Session Agenda for further discussion, and that Work Session would take place the following Monday, at 6:00