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Mounds View City Council November 24, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 4 Improvement Program. He reported that any street outside the standard street design required 1 special Council approval. He indicated staff was requesting non-standard street design and 2 parking restrictions for Groveland Road between County Road 10 and County Road J. It was 3 noted Groveland Road was an MSA roadway. He explained that this had been discussed at a 4 neighborhood meeting with the Streets Committee and surrounding property owners. He then 5 reviewed options for the roadway design for Groveland Road. He provided comment on the 6 feedback received from the public. Staff indicated the Streets Committee (4-1) recommends the 7 Council approve Option C with nine-foot shoulders for Groveland Road, while the Park 8 Commission recommends the Council approve Option A. 9 10 Mayor Flaherty understood that speed was a concern on Groveland Road. He then opened the 11 floor to comments from the public. 12 13 Antoinette Strong, 8465 Groveland Road, expressed concern with the group home across from 14 her home. She indicated there was a great deal of speeding along Groveland Road. She 15 recommended the City proceed with Option C. 16 17 Tony Hoffman, 8415 Groveland Road, noted he served on the Streets Committee. He indicated 18 Option A and Option C were the same width. He recommended that Option C be pursued as it 19 would allow for parking on both sides of the street while also reducing the speed of passing 20 traffic. 21 22 Dave Auge, 8401 Groveland Road, reported he was disabled and enjoyed speaking with his 23 neighbors. He noted he spoke with more than 40% of his neighbors and not one of them 24 supported narrowing the roadway. He did not believe that the sidewalks or bike lane would 25 improve safety. He wanted to see a decent and safe roadway outside his home to keep him from 26 further injury. He supported Option C. 27 28 Dan Mueller, 8343 Groveland Road, discussed the expense of the proposed roadway and 29 sidewalks. He recommended the Council proceed with Option C with either eight or nine foot 30 parking lanes. 31 32 Jonathan Thomas, 8340 Groveland Road, stated he reviewed the plans for Groveland Road and 33 believed it was not possible to calm traffic by narrowing the street. He believed that sidewalks 34 were unsafe and did not work in the winter months. 35 36 Paul Schiltgen, 7807 Boner Road, reported he served on the Streets Committee and wanted to see 37 consistency within the roads. He explained he supported Option C. 38 39 Mike Downs, 8344 Groveland Road, thanked all the residents present and for their comments. 40 He believed the proposed design for Option C with nine foot parking lanes was the best option. 41 42 Gary Rundle, 7445 Spring Lake Road, noted he served on the Park and Rec Commission, along 43 with the Streets Committee and he supported Option A. He recommended the sidewalks 44 proceed. 45