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Item No. 2 <br />Meeting Date: July 7, 2008 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Joe Rhein, Consulting Engineer <br />Item Title/Subject: Streets and Utilities Committee: <br />Recommendations on Various Design Issues for <br />2009-2010- Street and Utility Improvement Project <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <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 /> <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, and June 30, 2008. <br /> <br />The Streets and Utilities Committee also held a Public Meeting on June 14, 2008 <br />to review several specific design issues on the 2009 – 2010 Street and Utility <br />Improvement Project and to get feedback from the public. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Through the course of the meetings held thus far, the Streets and Utilities <br />Committee has reached a decision on several issues regarding the 2009 – 2010 <br />Street and Utility Improvement Project, and has passed votes on <br />recommendations for those issues. <br /> <br />A summary of the recommendations coming forward to the City Council from the <br />Streets and Utilities Committee are as stated below. The recommendations are <br />not listed in any particular order of priority. <br /> <br />1. Jackson Drive Non-Standard Street Width <br />Jackson Drive, between Laport Drive and Sherwood Road, is presently 21 feet <br />wide. The adopted standard residential street width of 28 feet, from face of curb <br />to face of curb, may be excessive in this location given its short length, minimal <br />traffic, and since only one side of the street is developed (two homes) and no <br />further development will occur. Given these facts, the Committee recommends <br />(by a unanimous 7-0 vote) that Jackson Drive be constructed to a width of 24- <br />feet from face of curb to face of curb. The 24-foot width allows for proper <br />emergency vehicle access.