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File #: RES PH 19-138    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 5/15/2019
Title: Recommending that Ramsey County implement bicycle lanes on Larpenteur Avenue from Hazel Street to McKnight Road.
Sponsors: Kassim Busuri
Attachments: 1. Larpenteur Avenue SOER, 2. Transportation Committee Staff Report 2019 County Overlays w vote, 3. Larpenteur Summary of Comments Received_V2

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Recommending that Ramsey County implement bicycle lanes on Larpenteur Avenue from Hazel Street to McKnight Road.

 

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WHEREAS, Ramsey County Public Works is planning a mill and overlay of Larpenteur Avenue between Hazel Street and Century Avenue in 2019; and

 

WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Department of Public Works, in coordination with Ramsey County, is proposing to implement bicycle lanes on Larpenteur Avenue from Hazel Street to McKnight Road to improve safety and comfort for all users of the street; 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 Larpenteur 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 Larpenteur Avenue Summary of Engineering Recommendations dated 4/12/2019; and

 

WHEREAS, parking removal is proposed for the north and south side of Larpenteur Avenue between Beebe Road and McKnight Road; and

 

WHEREAS, parking on the north side of Larpenteur Avenue is located in the City of Maplewood and outside of the jurisdiction of the City of Saint Paul; and

 

WHEREAS, parking occupancy counts, included in the Larpenteur Avenue Summary of Engineering Recommendations, were performed at representative time periods to measure parking utilization along the corridor; and

 

WHEREAS, a community project meeting was held on 4/3/2019 to present information and receive feedback on the project as proposed; and

 

WHEREAS, The Transportation Committee of the Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed project and has recommended approval; and

 

WHEREAS, Larpenteur Avenue is a County State Aid Highway under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County; and

 

WHEREAS, the implementation of bicycle lanes on Larpenteur Avenue will not proceed without Ramsey County approval; now, therefore be it

 

RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does herby recommend that Ramsey County Public Works implement bicycle lanes on Larpenteur Avenue from Hazel Street to McKnight Road concurrent with the mill and overlay scheduled for 2019.

 

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