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Item No: _5__ Meeting Date: _July 6, 2009_ Type of Business: __WS__ Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nick DeBar, Public Works Director Item Title/Subject: Streets and Utilities Committee - Recommendations for Area B/C of the Street and Utility Improvement Project Introduction: During 2007, the Street and Utilities Task Force developed a Street and Utility Improvement Program (SUIP) to reconstruct approximately 26 miles of City-owned streets over a 10-year period. The Task Force developed design standards to be used in the program, including standards for street section, curbing material, curbing type, street width, pedestrian/bicycle accommodations, utilities, stormwater management, and mailbox groupings. The SUIP was approved and design standards adopted by the City Council on October 22, 2007 (Resolution 7176). The City Council established a Streets and Utilities Committee (Committee) on February 11, 2008 to oversee the implementation of the SUIP (Resolution 7223). Among other duties, the Committee was charged with advising and providing recommendations to the City Council on design issues encountered during the various stages of implementing the SUIP. The Committee reviewed design issues and options for non-standard streets in Areas B and C of the SUIP on May 18, 2009, April 20, 2009, and June 15, 2009. On June 2, 2009, a public information meeting was held to present the non-standard street design issues and options. Property owners adjacent to streets in Areas B and C were invited to the meeting and participated by asking questions and commenting on the proposed design options. Feedback forms were distributed to citizens and completed forms collected and summarized by Staff after the information meeting to gather public input. Through the course of the meetings held thus far, the Committee has reached a decision on most non-standard street design issues for Areas B and C of the SUIP. The Committee passed votes on June 15, 2009 to recommend a particular design option for the non- standard streets under review. Discussion: All non-standard roads in Areas B and C have design issues relating to street widths and pedestrian/bicycle accommodations. The SUIP provides the following standards to be used when encountered with these design issues: Street Width Standard: Typical streets will have a width of 28 feet measured from face of curb to face of curb. Streets currently between 26 and 32 feet wide will be reconstructed to the 28 foot standard. Other streets, including Municipal State Aid Streets and streets designated as pedestrian corridors, will have their reconstructed width evaluated on a street-by-street and project-by- project basis.