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Pedestrian/bicycle accommodation options presented at the June 2, 2009 public information meeting included the following: 1. Construct Woodcrest Drive without pedestrian accommodations (12/16=75%); 2. Construct Woodcrest Drive with an off-street sidewalk (1/16=6%); 3. Construct Woodcrest Drive with an on-street designated lane (3/16=19%); 4. No opinion (0/16=0%). The Committee recommends (5-0, Glazer abstain, Bjerke absent) that reconstruction of Woodcrest Drive between Long Lake Road and Bona Road include an off-street sidewalk, including a spur of off-street sidewalk on the east side of Bona Road connecting to the City- owned paved walkway easement leading to Edgewood Middle School. Edgewood Drive: Non-Standard Street Width + Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations Edgewood Drive is a Municipal State Aid street between County Road H and County Road H2. It is also a designated pedestrian corridor in the City’s Comprehensive Sidewalk/Trailway Plan. Therefore, there are many options for the reconstruction of Edgewood Drive. It currently exists as a wide roadway with 12 foot drive lanes and 10 foot parking lanes on each side, with a total width of 45 feet face-to-face of curb. Adjacent to the back of curb on the east side, from County Road H to approximately 600 feet north, is a five foot sidewalk. Edgewood Middle School is located on the east side of the road, just north of County Road H, and Robert’s Bar is also on the southeast corner of the intersection with County Road H2. Edgewood Drive is signed “No Parking” on the west side of the road from County Road H to Woodale Drive and on the east side of the road from the school entrance north to Woodale Drive. It is signed “No Parking after 6 p.m.” on both sides of the road from Woodale Drive to County Road H2. The existing curb and gutter on Edgewood Drive was assessed by City and Bonestroo staff. It was determined that the curb was in poor condition due to the lack of aggregate base course used in its reconstruction in 1984. It is estimated that only 50% of the existing curb and gutter is salvageable. Several configurations and options for reconstruction of Edgewood Drive were developed based on the existing conditions. The major issues of the existing roadway are summarized as follows: Existing curb is in poor condition; Existing street width is very wide, contributing to unnecessary impervious surfacing and expensive initial and on-going maintenance costs; Existing sidewalk is narrower than City standard and causing public works maintenance issues with snow plowing; Parking is severely limited even though parking lanes are provided on both sides for entire length; Provide accommodations for Edgewood MS needs. Edgewood Drive options contained in the draft Feasibility Report were discussed by the Committee on May 18, 2009 and subsequently narrowed down to two options for presentation at the public information meeting on June 2, 2009 at the request of the Committee. Each option eliminated the west parking lane, kept the east parking lane, and replacing all existing curbing. An option of the “as-is” condition was not considered. Parking on the east side was considered important for several reasons. School drop off and pick up traffic is confined to the school (east) side of the road and off-street sidewalk/trail accommodations allow students to step out of the vehicles onto a solid surface. East side parking also eliminates the need to cross the street for student drop offs/pick ups or any evening school activities. In addition, no side streets exist on the east side of Edgewood Drive north of Woodale Drive. Several streets exist of the west side which would allow on- street parking for property owners on the west side.