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Discussion: Based on the actions of the Streets and Utilities Committee and the discussion of the August 4, 2008 City Council Work Session, the recommendations on the two specific design issues regarding the 2009 – 2010 Street and Utility Improvement Project are being presented to the City Council for consideration of formal adoption via resolution. Given the information provided in the attached Staff Report from August 4, 2008, only a brief review of each design issue is stated below. 1. Red Oak Drive – selection of location for combined parking / pedestrian lane The previous recommendation that came forth from the Streets and Utilities Committee and was adopted by City Council under Resolution 7307 stated that a combined use parking / pedestrian lane would be provided on one side only of the segment of Red Oak Drive north of Hillview Road, with no parking provided on the other side of the street. However, the side of Red Oak Drive on which the combined lane would be located was not determined at that time. It was to be further investigated by the Committee. As noted in the Staff Report for the August 4, 2008 Council Work Session, the Committee did further review this issue at their July 21, 2008 meeting, and subsequently made the recommendation to the City Council that the combined use parking / pedestrian lane be located on the west side of Red Oak Drive. Proposed Resolution 7327 included with this Staff Report would adopt this recommendation of the Streets and Utilities Committee. It is noted that a separate resolution to actually establish the no parking condition on Red Oak Drive will be brought to the Council at a future date. Red Oak Drive is on the Municipal State Aid system, and the City will receive funds from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for its reconstruction. MnDOT will require a copy of the separate no parking resolution as a supporting document for their review of the project to reconstruct Red Oak Drive. 2. Hillview Road – west of Red Oak Drive The previous recommendation that came forth from the Streets and Utilities Committee and was adopted by City Council under Resolution 7307 established the width of Hillview Road from Long Lake Road to Red Oak Drive. The width was established at 40-feet, allowing for a combined parking / pedestrian lane on both sides of the street. However, the segment of Hillview Road west of Red Oak Drive was not addressed by the resolution, since that segment had been identified for further discussion by the Committee. As noted in the Staff Report for the August 4, 2008 Council Work Session, the Committee did further review this issue at their July 21, 2008 meeting, and subsequently made the recommendation to the City Council that the segment of Hillview Road west of Red Oak Drive only have a combined parking / pedestrian lane on one side, which was identified as the south side. The resulting width of this segment of Hillview Road would be 34-feet from face if curb to face of curb.