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Item No. 5 <br />Meeting Date: October 6, 2008 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To:Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From:Joe Rhein, Consulting Engineer <br />Item Title/Subject:Streets and Utilities Committee: 2009-2010 Street <br />and Utility Project Design Issue Update - <br />Intersection of Laport Drive and Edgewood Drive <br />Background: <br />On February 11, 2008 the City Council approved Resolution 7223 creating the <br />Streets and Utilities Committee. On March 24, 2008 the City Council approved <br />Resolution 7245 appointing the members to the Streets and Utilities Committee. <br />The Streets and Utilities Committee held their first meeting on April 21, 2008, and <br />has also met on May 19, 2008, June 16, 2008, June 30, 2008, July 21, 2008, <br />August 18, 2008, and September 15, 2008. <br />Discussion: <br />At the September 15, 2008 Streets and Utilities Committee meeting, the <br />Committee discussed the intersection of Laport Drive and Edgewood Drive. Staff <br />presented a memo entitled Laport Drive and Edgewood Drive Intersection (Non- <br />Standard), dated September 4, 2008. A copy of the memo is included with this <br />Staff Report for reference. <br />The existing intersection has a non-standard configuration. Staff recommends <br />that the intersection be reconfigured to a more standard layout as part of the <br />2009 – 2010 Street & Utility Improvement Project. Figures showing both the <br />existing and proposed intersection configurations are included with the memo. <br />The recommended configuration would make the primary movement be from the <br />southern leg of Edgewood Drive to Laport Drive. The northern leg of Edgewood <br />Drive would “tee” into Laport Drive at a 90-degree angle. The existing stop sign <br />would be removed for westbound Laport Drive, and a new stop sign would be <br />placed for southbound Edgewood Drive at Laport Drive. <br />The reconfiguration would increase the safety of the intersection, since the <br />streets would intersect at a standard 90-degree angle. There is also only one <br />residence on the northern leg of Edgewood Drive, compared to 19 along Laport <br />Drive. Therefore, it makes more sense that the intersection be configured such <br />that the primary movement accommodates the greater number of homes and the <br />corresponding higher number of daily vehicle trips.