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CITY COUNCIL MARCH 25, 1996 B. Fourth Avenue will provide primary access to the school site at three (3) separate locations. It is intended to orient the site traffic and parking away from the residential areas. C. Lake Drive and Fourth Avenue intersection will have a traffic light. The signal will help channel traffic to one point along Lake Drive and will provide some interruption at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Lake Drive providing safe vehicular access and pedestrian/bicycle crossing at the intersection. Elm Street is a two lane residential street traversing from Lake Drive to Sunset Road. To channel traffic to Lake Drive, Elm Street will become a "right turn only" at the intersection with Lake Drive. Based on the feasibility study by OSM, these street improvements are intended to improve traffic patterns throughout the area. Pedestrian/Bicycle Traffic - Pedestrian/Bicycle issues raised by the Park Board and Police Department cite the following concerns: A. Crossing Lake Drive at Elm Street. B. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic from the residential areas south of the school site. The issue of pedestrians and bicycles becomes an important design element. To alleviate the pedestrian/bicycle traffic concern from the neighborhoods on Lake Drive, short term solutions were recommended as follows: A. Bus service to all neighborhoods east of Lake Drive, or B. Participation with the City to develop a trail along Lake Drive from Aqua Lane to Lake Drive and Fourth Avenue intersection and along the New Fourth Avenue, providing trail access to the school site, C. To address the pedestrian/bicycle traffic from the residential areas South of the school site a trail along Elm Street between Grey Heron Drive and Second Avenue is proposed with the City's participation. The school district policy is to participate on trail improvements along major roads up to a one mile radius of the school site on a 50%/50% shared cost agreement with the City. Within the general parameters of these trail corridors, a more detailed off-street trail plan must be provided that identifies the more specific trail locations, the trail construction cost and the financing options. PAGE 15