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Council member Dunn thought there could be a stop sign at the intersection. By having a cul-de-sac does not mean you cannot get through. The road is in poor condition and she tried to be sensitive to everyone's view and thought a compromise of 60/40 is viable. The City is responsive to the residents' safety and speed issues. Council member Armstrong did not want to see a cul-de-sac because it's too disruptive. 50t' Street has had a long-standing history of a through street. She had considered the western portion as gravel and blacktop the eastern portion, but it comes to a point when the gravel has to go. There is more to rural than just a gravel road. A cul-de-sac is just a fix. She would not like trees in the middle of the center medians because it is a hazard. Mayor Hunt stated cul-de-sacs do not work and gave example of 19'1' St in Oakdale. The City would set a dangerous precedent with a cul-de-sac. If the street is barricaded, people tend to drive around barricades all the time. The City still has to maintain the easement, and it's an expense and concern. You can control speed in this area by design and enforcement. The speed on 3Oh street reduced by 10 mph. The letter from James Hansen, 11260 501h St. N., was read into record recommending that the center islands be left in grass or gravel (or removed altogether) and the money intended for islands/landscaping be used to make 5& Street at least as wide as the development roads that it serves and to add wide shoulders or a walking/biking trail. Council member DeLapp stated landscape is the contingency for his vote. Trees should be planted in islands to provide obscurity and a sign erected defining in advance that islands appear in the road. This is better than a big wide freeway separated by a stripe. Tom Prew will bring in a landscape architect to do design landscaping, and he will bring back the proposal to Council. The shape of the islands was a concern expressed by Council member DeLapp, who would prefer a canoe shape rather than formal rectangle islands. Prew responded he went with rectangle islands for maintenance ease, but could round off the rectangles. Bids will be opened on October 61h to get blacktop on this season. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2000 5