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October 10, 1979
<br />The special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was called to
<br />order at 8:18 p.m. October 10, 1979 by Chairman Ken Gourley. Members
<br />present: Jerome Heath, Bob, Doocey, Vi Schwankl, and Lawrence Johnson.
<br />Members, absent: James Shearen, Vernon Reinert, and Council Iiaision
<br />John McLean. Also present were Mr. Short„ City Planner, and his assoc-
<br />iate, Kevin Locke; Mr. Got;wa I d, City Engineer; and Mayor ;Ka rth ., ,
<br />Mr. Gourley indicated that thoroughfares, sewers and drainage would be.
<br />discussed, and there would also. be some information on the land use plan.
<br />The meeting was turned over to Mr. Short, for his presentation on
<br />thoroughfares.
<br />Mr. Short indicated the thoroughfare system was the first of three public
<br />facilities that would be covered according to the land Planning Act, the
<br />other two being parks and sewers. He had prepared map ,illustrations of
<br />the 1,974 Thoroughfare (transportation) Plan,, the Metro Systems Plan, ,which,
<br />was the system summarized in the systems, statement (1977), and the updated
<br />thoroughfare plan which he was proposing. He also had available for re-
<br />ference,the 1974 County; Thoroughfare Plan, and noted that the county was,
<br />going through the process of updating this. In, general, the term thorough-
<br />fare referred collectively to the hierarchy of roadway systems. ,Mr.;
<br />Gourley noted that Ordinance No. 56 referred to thoroughfares in relation
<br />to setbacks, and that this terminology would need to be redefined. Mr.
<br />Short indicated that in reviewing subdivisions, he had interpreted that
<br />to mean anything from a collector on up; however,.Mr.Gotwald's definition
<br />did not include collectors, but everything above that. Mr. Short was
<br />asked to make a note of the need to revise the language; in Ordinance No.56.
<br />Mr.- Short had a list available for P & Z,member entitled "Functional
<br />Classification System Criteria for Roadways," which had been adopted by
<br />Metro, and defined the road system terminology according. to several criteria.
<br />These were standard terms, as one of the objectives of the Comprehensive
<br />Plan process was to have all communities using the same nomenclature on a
<br />number of different issues. One of the reasons .for so many changes be-
<br />tween plans was that the vocabulary had changed.
<br />Mr. Short reviewed the criteria and terminology in the table. There was
<br />a hierarchy of thoroughfares, starting with principal arterials, which
<br />would be the interstates like 35-W and 35-E, connecting subregions. The
<br />Metro area was broken down into a number of subregions which got smaller
<br />as they got closer to .the metro area. Lino lakes, for example, was in the
<br />same subregion as Marine -on -St. Croix. Access to pri;mcipal arterials was
<br />usually by another arterial through a grade change and interchange, which
<br />would be a clover leaf or diamond. Intermediate arterials, of which there
<br />were none classified in Lino Lakes, would be most state highways like 65 as
<br />it went through Blaine; a four -lane divided highway with access not quite
<br />as limited as in a principal arterial. These would accept traffic from
<br />other arterials, but not from local streets. There were minor arterials
<br />proposed for the city, such as Lake Drive, Highway 49 and Main Street,
<br />which connected adjacent subregions and active centers within subregions,
<br />but basically did not move traffic through the whole region. Access was
<br />from higher arterials as well as collectors, and in rural areas, local
<br />streets as well. Control would be by traffic signals and stops at cross
<br />streets. Collectors collect neighborhoods within the city, for example,
<br />Birch Street, which really began and ended within the city, Collectors
<br />were handled either with stops at intersecting streets, or four-way stops
<br />where necessary. Mr. Short noted that one of the criteria, spacing, should
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