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Minutes <br />City Council <br />April 7, 1993 <br />The City Administrator stated that based on current bid <br />prices, there is a difference of eighty cents a foot when <br />all costs are assessed. Scalze asked what the price would <br />be on the surmountable curb. The Administrator stated that <br />the price would be approximately $5.43 a foot. <br />Mayor Hanson asked what the width specifications for Costa <br />Lane were. The Engineer stated that Costa Lane was <br />initially set at 32 feet back to back which would be 30 feet <br />face to face. Therefore, now they are looking at decreasing <br />it to 28 feet face to face. <br />Pedersen stated that many of the new roads are measured at <br />30 feet. Therefore, if the Council approves making the <br />roads 28 feet, the new roads would be two feet smaller than <br />what the other new roads have been. Mayor Hanson felt that <br />the Council must look at where Costa Lane comes from and <br />goes to. Pedersen stated that many of the existing 30 foot <br />streets are roads that go nowhere. He stated that he was <br />under the impression that many of those existing streets <br />were 28 feet and now that he has the new information stating <br />that they measure 30 feet, he is not sure if it would be <br />wise for the City to decrease new streets by two feet. <br />The Engineer stated that he is comfortable with what was <br />decided at the last meeting. However, he did not feel the <br />Council should approve anything less than 28 feet as a <br />standard throughout the City. He stated that if there was a <br />dead end street with little access and no parking on either <br />side, a 26 foot street could be used. <br />LaValle felt that the 28, 30 and 32 foot streets which were <br />discussed at the last meeting should be the minimums for the <br />City. The Engineer stated that what was decided previously <br />was very workable even though it has been narrowed <br />somewhat. LaValle asked if there would be a reduction in <br />the contract as a result of this. The Engineer stated that <br />there would be some savings due to less quantities of <br />materials needed. <br />Scalze stated that she did not know why the Council would <br />want Allen west to be so much wider than Allen east. The <br />Administrator pointed out that fewer houses front Allen east <br />as compared to Allen west. Therefore, he felt that a wider <br />road may be needed on Allen west since there would be more <br />cars parking on the street with the potential for a lot of <br />cars to travel on this piece of road due to the park and <br />future development. Scalze did not feel that Allen west <br />-5- <br />