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owarc R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS March 3, 2000 File: 805750J -0060 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 -1633 RE: LITTLE CANADA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION HORIZONTAL LAYOUT Dear Council Members: At a meeting held Wednesday, March 2, 2000, at City Hall, the new alignment configuration of using a shared center left turn lane on the west end of Little Canada Road from Rice Street to Market Place Drive was discussed. Present at the meeting were Micheal Schroeder (Hoisington Koegier Group, Inc.), Greg Schroeder (City of Little Canada), Joel Hanson (City of Little Canada), Terry Maurer (Howard R. Green Company), and Lee Elfering (Howard R. Green Company). The minimum street width using a shared center left turn lane would be 42 feet face -of -curb to face -of -curb. This design would include a 14 -foot shared center left turn lane, and two 12 -foot travel lanes with a 2 -foot reaction zone. Please see the attached proposed typical section sheet. Four feet of bituminous would be eliminated from the 6 -foot shoulder /bike lane on each side of the street and all raised center medians would also be eliminated from the west end of Little Canada Road. A 6 -foot concrete sidewalk would be placed on the north side of Little Canada Road 8 feet from the face of the curb and 1 foot off of the street right -of -way line. The 8 feet between the face of the curb and the sidewalk would be an amenity corridor for tree planting, lights, planter boxes, etc. This 8 feet would also serve as needed snow storage in the winter. With the reduced width of the new section we are investigating the possibility of adding right turn lanes at the intersections of Little Canada Road with Middle Street and Market Place Drive while maintaining a minimum of 6 feet for snow storage and amenities. The sidewalk along the south side of Little Canada Road would be left out of the design in order to eliminate the need to acquire additional right -of -way from the Venetian Inn. As discussed previously, the construction of an urban section with curb and gutter will eliminate one row of parking on the north side of the Venetian Inn building. The construction of the 8 -foot amenity zone will not impact the parking in the Venetian Inn parking lot any further and is proposed to be constructed along the entire property. 0: /PROJ /805750J /0060 /Itr 3 -3 -00 Council.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN 551 Page 8 44 -9446 toll free 888/368 -4389