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Staff Report <br />To:Mayor Fischer and Members of the City Council <br />From:Eric Seaburg, City Engineer <br />Date: November 12, 2025 <br />Re:Little Canada Road Improvements – Aesthetic Update <br />Action To Be Considered: <br />Motion to approve, table, or deny the following: <br />No formal actional is necessary. City staff are seeking general input from the City <br />Council. <br />Background: <br />The planned reconstruction of Little Canada Road from I-35E to County Road C presents the <br />opportunity to incorporate aesthetic improvements within the corridor. Since early project <br />conception, a portion of the project budget has been allocated for upgraded treatments, finishes, <br />and fixtures. <br />Project and City staff have established a proposed landscaping and hardscaping plan that fits <br />within the context of this corridor, while also matching themes that have been used in other <br />corridors and public spaces throughout the City. Additionally, prominent placemaking features <br />and gateway signage are proposed in the roundabout centers. These locations are consistent with <br />the recommendations of a 2022 Gateway Signage Task Force that noted I-35E & Little Canada <br />Road and County Road C & Little Canada Road as primary gateway location priorities. <br />Presently, the proposed plan along Little Canada Road includes: <br />Corridor tree plantings <br />Maintained perennial landscape beds adjacent to each roundabout <br />Decorative concrete pavement in the medians and truck aprons <br />Mass shrub and tree planting within roundabout centers <br />Gateway feature walls within each roundabout center <br />A single pedestrian node at each roundabout <br />Re-use of existing hardscape amenities (obelisks, bollards) <br />Pedestrian level trail lighting on the north side, with banners