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Recommending that Ramsey County implement bicycle facilities on Cleveland Avenue between Summit Avenue and Highland Parkway.
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WHEREAS, Ramsey County is planning a mill and overlay of Cleveland Avenue between Summit Avenue and Randolph Avenue in the summer of 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul’s Department of Public Works is proposing that Ramsey County implement bicycle lanes on Cleveland Avenue from Summit Avenue to Randolph 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 Cleveland Avenue from Randolph Avenue to Eleanor Avenue, and implement shared lane markings between Eleanor Avenue and Highland Parkway; and
WHEREAS, the extension of bicycle facilities from Randolph Avenue to Highland Parkway 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 Cleveland Avenue 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 Cleveland Avenue Project Summary of Engineering Recommendations dated 6/1/2015; and
WHEREAS, the elements proposed for implementation listed in the Cleveland Avenue Summary of Engineering Recommendations includes removal of on-street parking on the west side of Cleveland between Grand Avenue and James Avenue, except for Parking bays south of Grand Avenue and St. Clair Avenue, and the removal of parking on the east side of Cleveland between James Avenue and Randolph Avenue; and
WHEREAS, parking occupancy counts, included in the Cleveland Avenue Summary of Engineering Recommendations, were performed at representative time periods to measure parkin...
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