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A." /6 MEMORANDUM Memo To :Mayor and City Council Members From :Ric Minetor, Director of Public Works/City Engineer 4l Date :August 3, 1989 4 Subject :Pavement Striping I have discussed the need for pavement striping on Municipal State Aid streets with Mn/DOT. The state requires pavement striping on all construction projects funded through MSA. The state also requires maintenance of MSA streets consistent with the construction. This seems to imply that pavement striping must be maintained in reasonable condition. The only MSA streets we have striped are County Road H-2 east of TH 10 , Red Oak Drive between TH 10 and 85th Ave, and the streets in the Mounds View Business Park. In reviewing the reed for pavement striping, I also looked at the local streets under our jurisdiction. It is my belief that striping would be appropriate on all MSA and collector streets with in the City. The majority of collector and arterial streets are under county or state jurisdiction and are striped. The remaining collector streets are MSA designated except for Ardan Ave. between P.ed Oak Drive and Long Lake Road, dnd the streets in the Mounds View Business Park, which are all designated as collectors. The pavement marking requirements are center -line striping and lane line striping where there are two or more lanes for one direction of travel. It is my belief that we should stripe a "fly line" also. This is a solid white line marking the edge of the traffic lane. Usually a fly line is marked only where parking is allowed. The fly line is 12 feet from the center -line and provides guidance to the motorist. On Quincy Street between County Road H-2 and County Road I we have a 44 foot wide surface. Motorists usually stay on the appropriate side of the center of the street, but do tend to wander with in the 22 feet on their side. I believe safety would be enhanced if the fly line was marked to guide the motorist to stay away from the curb and parking lane. The motorist may also be more apparent to children at a cross -walk and they may be more apparent to the motorist. If the council agrees with this proposal, I will work up an estimate of the cost of striping.