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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />FEBRUARY 24, 1993 <br />exception and not the standard. <br />The City Administrator agreed that the City has to set <br />street standards. The Administrator felt that a 28 <br />foot width could be an acceptable standard in an area <br />with low traffic volume, limited access points, <br />adequate off-street parking. The Administrator pointed <br />out that the City has the obligation to set design <br />standards that will protect the City. The <br />Administrator felt that in areas with heavy traffic <br />flows, the City could not get by with much less than a <br />32 foot width. <br />Scalze asked the difference in the cost between a 32 <br />foot wide and 28 foot wide road. <br />LaValle asked what the traffic volume on Lake Street <br />was. <br />The City Engineer reported that the average number of <br />trips per day for a single family home in an urban area <br />is a little over 10. This number includes trips not <br />only by the residents of the home, but from garbage <br />trucks, pizza delivery, mail delivery, visitors, etc. <br />Chuck Nagle estimated the average number of trips per <br />day on Lake Street as 4 per household. <br />Morelan pointed out that this could change as the <br />residents change. <br />LaValle suggested that a traffic count be done, <br />indicating that he did not want to rely on the 10 trips <br />per household average unless there was some foundation <br />to do so. <br />Pedersen pointed out that using the average, there <br />would be approximately 150 trips per day for the Lake <br />Street area. The comment was made earlier that traffic <br />volumes of less than 250 trips per day would warrant a <br />street width less than 32 feet. <br />The City Engineer replied that on Lake Street he has <br />some comfort level in recommending a street width less <br />than 32 feet. However, he would not have this same <br />comfort level on Vanderbie. <br />The City Administrator agreed that perhaps there is <br />some merit in doing traffic counts on some of the <br />City's streets in order to get a feel for the traffic <br />volumes. If the City is going to deviate from the <br />standard street width, it should have some basis for <br />doing so. In the case of Lake Street, the City <br />Administrator felt a 28 foot width would be adequate. <br />Page 5 <br />