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Street width options for Springview Lane presented at the June 2, 2009 public information meeting included the following (with public feedback responses tallied–see attached feedback summary): 1. Widen Springview Lane approximately 1.5 feet to the City minimum standard width of 24 feet (17/22=77%); 2. Widen Springview Lane approximately 5.5 feet to the City standard of 28 feet (2/22=9%); 3. No opinion (3/22=14%). The Committee recommends (6-0, Bjerke absent) that Springview Lane be reconstructed to a street width of 24 feet measured from face-to-face of curb. The Committee further recommends that an engineered solution be determined 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 roads are currently 28 to 29 feet wide and will be reconstructed to the City’s standard street width of 28 feet from face- to-face of curb per the adopted SUIP standards. The Feasibility Report for the 2005 Street Improvement Project (now known as Area B), dated March 2005, included provisions for the construction of a concrete sidewalk along the east side of Knollwood Drive, from County Road H to County Road H2, and along the south side of Woodcrest Drive, from Knollwood Drive to Silver Lake Road. The costs for the sidewalks were estimated in the Report to be approximately $220,000 for Knollwood Drive and $35,000 for Woodcrest Drive. The cost per linear foot of the sidewalk on Knollwood Drive is approximately twice the cost per linear foot on Woodcrest Drive. This is due to the extensive grading and retaining walls needed to construct the sidewalk, along with high costs related to crossing Spring Creek. The Report also stated that if a sidewalk was constructed on Silver Lake Road, from County Road H to County Road H2, then the sidewalk along Knollwood Drive would be redundant and not necessary due to its close proximity to Silver Lake Road (i.e. one block away). Furthermore, if the sidewalk on Knollwood Drive is not constructed, there would be little need for a sidewalk on Woodcrest Drive to connect Knollwood Drive to Silver Lake Road. A sidewalk was constructed along Silver Lake Road, from County Road H to County Road H2, during the summer of 2006. Therefore, for reasons mentioned above, construction of a sidewalk on Knollwood Drive and Woodcrest Drive is no longer considered required or cost effective. The relatively low volume of pedestrian traffic, coupled with the close proximity of the existing Silver Lake Road sidewalk, suggest that additional sidewalks are not necessary in the area. The existing sidewalk is on the east side of Silver Lake Road, which would necessitate an uncontrolled crossing of Silver Lake Road (i.e. traffic on Silver Lake Road does not stop at Woodcrest Drive) if a sidewalk is installed on Woodcrest Drive. Pedestrian/bicycle accommodation options presented at the June 2, 2009 public information meeting included the following: 1. Construct Knollwood Drive/Woodcrest Drive without pedestrian accommodations (Knollwood: 24/26=92%, Woodcrest: 24/24=100%); 2. Construct Knollwood Drive/Woodcrest Drive with an off-street sidewalk (Knollwood: 2/26=8%, Woodcrest: 0/24=0%); 3. Construct Knollwood Drive/Woodcrest Drive with an on-street designated lane (Knollwood: 0/26=0%, Woodcrest: 0/24=0%); 4. No opinion (Knollwood: 0/26=0%, Woodcrest: 0/24=0%). The Committee recommends (6-0, Bjerke absent) that reconstruction of Knollwood Drive and Woodcrest Drive does not include any pedestrian/bicycle accommodations.