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Item No: 7G Meeting Date: July 13, 2009 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nick DeBar, Public Works Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7479 Approving Non-Standard Street Design Recommendations for Areas B and C of the Street and Utility Improvement Program Background: The Street and Utilities Task Force developed street standards for use in the Street and Utility Improvement Program. The Streets and Utilities Committee is to advise and provide recommendations to the City Council for non-standard street issues encountered during implementation of the program. The Committee has reviewed non- standard street design issues and options for Areas B and C of the program and has made recommendations for final design. The Committees’ recommendations were presented and discussed by the City Council at their July 6, 2009 work session. Discussion: Recommendations for non-standard street design options for Area B and C are being presented for City Council approval via Resolution 7479. Detailed descriptions and analysis of the various design issues and options are contained in the staff report from the July 6, 2009 work session (Item 5). The following is a brief summary of the report: Springview Lane: Non-Standard Street Width Springview Lane is an “L”-shaped, dead-end road that terminates into residential driveways with no clear delineation between public road and private driveways. The existing roadway width is only 22.5 feet and right-of-way width is only 40 feet and 60 feet in the east-west and north-south directions, respectively. Due to the potential impacts to properties and low traffic volumes, the Committee recommends (6-0) that Springview Lane be constructed to a minimum recommended width of 24 feet measured face-to-face of curb. The Committee further recommends that an engineered solution be investigated for the turn-around issue at the dead-end of the roadway during final design. Knollwood Drive and Woodcrest Drive: Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations Knollwood Drive and Woodcrest Drive are designated as potential pedestrian/bicycle corridors in the City’s Comprehensive Sidewalk/Trailway Plan. The designation for these sections of Knollwood and Woodcrest was first conceived by the Trailway Advocacy Group in a 1992 report. Since then, sidewalk has been constructed along Silver Lake Road. The 1992 report did not have Silver Lake Road identified as a pedestrian/bicycle corridor.