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3) Improve existing Jackson Street to commercial (9 -ton) standards. This improvement is likely to happen in the near future given the age of the road. (One issue with this option is the need to acquire 20 feet of additional right - of -way to attain the 50 -foot minimum we typically require. We own 104 LC Road and Poolside has indicated they would cooperate in dedicating right -of way. Therefore, we only need to deal with one additional property owner for a distance of 75 lineal feet to accomplish this option. Another issue is how to handle the road beyond Poolside's access point; i.e. additional right of way from them would impact their site plan. Also, the need to widen the road just to serve the last two homes probably doesn't make much sense. To address this issue, I would recommend we only widen the road to the south side of Poolside's Jackson access and maintain a limited width to serve the last two residences.) • Poolside is not interested in Options 1 or 2 due to cost factors. • Poolside has indicated they will abide by our posting limitations. They feel they can work with these given most of their early season shipping will occur before road limits are posted. They may have some problems in the later part of April, but will attempt to comply with the limitations. I also explained we have increased our enforcement of weight violations through the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. • This area is zoned commercially with two commercial uses already present that seem to need Jackson Street to serve their buildings. Staffs recommendation is as follows: 1. Change the designation of Jackson Street south of LC Road from 3 -ton to 5- ton. (We do not advocate a 7 -ton posting as concrete curb and gutter does not protect the edges of the roadway and some break -up in this area is already evident.) 2. Post the road to the Council approved designation and actively enforce this limitation during the.road posting season. 3. Initiate a neighborhood meeting this fall to discuss improvement to Jackson Street in our 2003 improvement cycle. 4. Allow Poolside to continue to use Jackson Street subject to no parking occurring on street and subject to the weight restrictions of the road during the posting season and subject to their written acknowledgement to donate 20 feet of additional road easement from their north property line to the south end of their access opening. cc: Steve Grittman, City Planner Greg Schroeder, Public Works Director Lee Elfering, City Engineer Rob Anderson, Poolside Charles Cartony, 2747 Jackson James Griebler, 2741 Jackson David Dorn, 2739 Jackson Little Canada Properties, 80 LC Road