07-14-10 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 14, 2010 The City Engineer then presented his second option which maintains some on- streetparking by widening the road surface from the Church to the skateboard park. The City Administrator reported that there could be a third option that would allow on-sri~eet parking on the north side of Little Canada Road iu the area of the Church, but not the south side. The City Administrator reported that he is also obtaining estimates for undergrounding utilities along Little Canada Road. 'T'he City Engineer reported that his streetscape plans also contemplate the addition of turn lanes on Edgerton Street at Little Canada Road. 'T'here was discussion of the impact to the Church in prohibiting parking on Little Canada Road, and the City Administrator and City Engineer were instructed to meet with the Church to discuss the concept plans. The Council also instructed the City Engineer to determine the Little Canada Road right-of way location so that the impact of this project can be accurately determined. There was discussion relative to sidewalk materials and width, with the consensus being a 6-foot concrete sidewalk Montour noted that the sidewalk was unnecessary in front of the gas station given existing sidewalk locations. The Council was also agreeable to the turn lanes proposed at Little Canada Road and Edgerton Street. COUNTY The City Administrator reported that the Rice Street/Highway 36 bridge ROAD B-2 project will be underway soon, and part of the project calls for Rice Street INTERSECTION improvements from County Road B to County Road B-2. Part of that IMPROVEMENTS improvement also calls for the reconfiguration of the Rice Street/Cowity Road B-2 intersection with the addition of turn-lanes, sidewalk, watermain, and streetscape improvements. The City Engineer presented a diagram showing the right-of--way that the City will have to work with given acquisition of the bakery property and the land swap agreement with Terrace Heights. The Engineer noted the limited right-of way left for landscaping north of the proposed sidewalk. Given it would be tight to install a berm in this area, the proposal is fora 3 to 4 foot high retaining wall. "1"here would be landscaping along the south side of the retaining wall, berming behind it sloped to the north with landscaping on top of the berm area. The top of the berm would be about 10 feet in width. Blesener asked the slope of the berming. The Engineer replied 4-to-1. Keis asked who would be responsible for maintenance. The Engineer replied that maintenance would be the City's responsibility. Estimated cost of the wall was 2