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b12 Y34 5101 07/06/93 13:22 3M LSS MTLS RES LRB 201-2W-17 Qt7 Proposal for Jamaca Avenue's Repaving by the Circulation Task Force We would like to change the current proposal of the redesign of Jamaca Avenue from a forty foot wide swatch of pavement to a road which incorporates the travel of automobiles, as well as the movement of people using un-motorized methods of transportation. Given our main goal to create access from the neighborhoods (or population centers) to the recreation centers (parks) located throughout the beautiful city of Lake Elmo, we would like to implement a trait along side of the new Jamaca Ave. I). Connecting a path from the population centers to the areas of recreation This paved path would insure a route for un-motorized vehicles and walkers from the neighborhoods surrounding Lake Jane to Sunfish Park, then from Sunfish Park to Downtown Lake Elmo (including Lions Park, L.E, Elementary, the VFW Ballfields and the major population center of our city). The connection of the neighborhoods to Su s P{nk could also be used as a means of creating an access to the Regional Park from Sunfish. This trait could also provide future means from the L. Jane area to the Tablyn Park area, as well as connecting the Tablyn Park area to Sunfish Park, 2).Our Proposal Follows Approved City Plan This connection also follows a pre -city approved plan (completed by a paid, Planning Professional) to use Jamaca as a connector route from the south to the northern parts of L.E. 3). Safety It also creates an access to our parks that is much more safe than traveling the existing roads shared by high speed vehicles. The separation of traffic from the recreationalist/pedestrian is the safest means of travel for both parties, it also helps separate the traffic from the adjacent neighborhoods and landowners as a physical barrier is placed between the traffic and the land. 4).Logisties: Our proposal would create a landscape which would be characterized by an average size road (regulation 24' wide to the current traffic studies) with a four foot shoulder on each side ofthe 12' lanes, a curb on the eastern edge, and ID' open space to separate the vehicular traffic from the pedestrians/recreational users, and an 8' wide trail. The f0' open space is our idea to physically separate the traffic from the trail while leaving space to plant trees or other vegetation as secondary barriers from the road. The vegetation could block sound for the pedestrians/recreational users, as well as for the homeowners adjacent to the road. Below is a diagram of the proposed road in cross section: As the graphics show, our proposal would only require a space of W with only 32' of it paved,