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Mounds View City Council October 25, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7686, 2 Approving the Interior Improvements for the Mounds View Community Center. 3 4 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 5 6 E. Resolution 7693, Approving a Non-Standard Street Design for Jackson Drive 7 in Area D of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. 8 9 Public Works Director DeBar stated that the Street and Utilities Task Force developed street 10 standards for use in the Street and Utility Improvement Program. The Streets and Utilities 11 Committee reviews and provides recommendations to the City Council for non-standard street 12 and financing issues encountered during implementation of the Program. The Committee 13 reviewed non-standard street design and specific needs issues and considerations for Area D of 14 the Program at their August 16, September 20, and October 18 meetings this year. Staff reviewed 15 the comments made by property owners regarding Jackson Drive being a non-standard street. 16 17 Public Works Director DeBar indicated Bonestroo and City staff developed design and costs 18 options and presented them to the Committee at their August meeting. The Committee decided to 19 move forward with two options. One option (Alternate B) was the standard 28-foot wide street. 20 However, since State-Aid standards apply, there could be no parking on this street width. The 21 second option (Alternate A) was to add a parking lane to one side adding an additional 4-feet to a 22 total width of 32-feet. 23 24 Public Works Director DeBar explained from an engineering standpoint, both options are 25 feasible. The 32-foot width is approximately $40,000 more to construct mainly due to the 26 additional width. From a practicality standpoint, restricting parking at all times on a residential 27 street is not typical and will adversely affect resident’s ability to have garage sales, graduation 28 parties, etc. In addition, many of the comments in favor of Alternate B were based more on 29 speeding and overflow parking issues from Lambert Park, rather than the lack of need for 30 parking. A proposal for dedicated on-street parking at Lambert Park is being developed and will 31 be considered by the Council at a future time. 32 33 Public Works Director DeBar stated the feedback results were discussed at the October 34 Committee meeting. The Committee ultimately recommended (5-1) in favor of Alternate A (32-35 foot wide with parking lane). Furthermore, the Committee recommends having the parking lane 36 on the east side between County Road H2 and Bronson, and on the west side between Bronson 37 and Groberg Street. This was recommended since Lambert Park and fewer properties exist on the 38 east side (south of Bronson), and since only apartment buildings exist on the west side (north of 39 Bronson). City staff and Bonestroo confer with this recommendation. Staff recommends that the 40 City Council consider adopting Resolution 7693 approving a 32-foot wide street design for 41 Jackson Drive with parallel parking on the east side between County Road H2 and Bronson 42 Drive, and parallel parking on the west side between Bronson Drive and Groberg Street. 43 44