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Recommending that Ramsey County implement bicycle lanes on Lexington Parkway between Nettleton Avenue and West Seventh Street.
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WHEREAS, Ramsey County is planning a mill and overlay of Lexington Parkway between Randolph Avenue and Pleasant Avenue in the summer of 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Department of Public Works is proposing that Ramsey County implement bicycle lanes on Lexington Parkway from Nettleton Avenue to Pleasant Avenue within the project limits of the County's mill and overlay; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Department of Public Works is proposing that Ramsey County extend bicycle lanes beyond the project limits of their mill and overlay on Lexington Parkway from Pleasant Avenue to West 7th Street; and
WHEREAS, the extension of bicycle lanes from Pleasant Avenue to West 7th Street will be funded through the City of Saint Paul's 8 - 80 Vitality Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul approved the Saint Paul Bicycle Plan (RES 15-476) on 3/18/2015; and
WHEREAS, the proposed bicycle lanes on Lexington Parkway are found to be consistent with the recommendations of the Saint Paul Bicycle Plan; and
WHEREAS, the elements proposed for implementation are referred to and listed in the Lexington Parkway Project Summary of Engineering Recommendations dated 6/1/2015; and
WHEREAS, the elements proposed for implementation listed in the Lexington Parkway Summary of Engineering Recommendations includes removal of on-street parking on the west side of Lexington between Nettleton Avenue and Albion Avenue, and the removal of parking on the east side of Lexington between Albion and West 7th Street; and
WHEREAS, parking occupancy counts, included in the Lexington Parkway Summary of Engineering Recommendations, were performed at representative time periods to measure parking utilization on Lexington Parkway between Randolph Avenue and West 7th Street; and
WHEREAS, a public open house was held on 4/28/20...
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