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Creative Solutions for Land Planning and Design Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. MEMORANDUM Date: 3 March 2000 To: Joel Hanson, City Adrypistrator From: MichaelSchroederAA RE: Streetscape Design Concept Little Canada Road ©® Based on the current direction for the development of Little Canada Road without a median, we have generated a concept for the creation of streetscape enhancements that would occur in boulevard areas. We understand that the centerline of the roadway will be shifted to the south to allow the implementation of the road and a portion of the streetscape without requiring additional right -of -way, and that any remaining streetscape elements would be implemented concurrent with new development. The basic strategy focuses on the development of streetscape amenities in the first 8 feet outside of the curblines, and constructing a sidewalk on one side of the street only. In Figure 1 (below), the roadway and streetscape could be developed entirely within the available 66 -foot right -of -way. The walk shown on the left side of the sketch would be outside of the available right -of -way, and could be implemented when the adjacent site redevelops (in the sketch, the north side of the street would be to the right). /Y' f j`, —. Figure 1: The roadway, streetscape enhancements and walk on the north side of the street would be implemented initially; the walk on the south side of the street would be implemented with redevelopment of the south side parcels. Streetscape elements would be directed to a zone in the first 8 feet outside of the curbs. Lighting, landscape, and other features would generally occur in this area. The patterns of the streetscape might be structured to create a more "architectural" edge to the street in areas nearer to Rice Street and County Road C, allowing the street to be introduced in these areas in conceptually the same way as the medians in the previous scheme. In the plan sketch (Figure 2), the edge of the street might be defined with fences and other more architectural elements in the first stretch of the street; the focus might be directed to a marker or monument that introduces the street, the redevelopment area and/or the community. More significant monumentation for the redevelopment district might occur in areas off of the right -of -way (in 123 North Third Street, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55401 -1659 Ph (612) 338 -0800 Fx (612) 338 -6838