11-26-1985 PTRC Meeting Agenda - Minutes

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Minutes of Regular Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting • Village of Arden Hills November 26, 1985 Village Hall Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:35 by Chair Sand. Roll Call Present: D. Sand, A. Anderson, G. Dreyling, K. Enrooth, M. Gillies, D. Messerly, J. Mishek, T. Mulcahy, J. Otto, M. Peterson Absent: D. Klick Also Present: Councilmember N. Hansen City Planner Orlyn Miller Parks Director J. T. Buckley Approval of Minutes It was moved by Mulcahy, seconded by Anderson, that the minutes of October 22 be approved as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. Hamline Avenue Feasibility Study, Phase II Planner Miller stated that the Hamline Avenue Feasibility Study was referred to this committee by Council under authority of the Amendment to the Trans- portation Plan, which states that any improvement to a designated parkways route must be referred to the Parks Committee and to the Planning Commission. He stated that he had originally recommended that Hamline Avenue not be desi- nated as a parkway, because of lack of potential for parkway-type improvement. • z..The Parkway Ad Hoc Committee choose, however, to designate Hamline as a po- tential parkway, because the presently considered improvement was pending at that time, and thus felt it offered an opportunity to try to apply some of the parkway concepts. Deterrents to development of Hamline Avenue as a parkway include: 1. High traffic volume 2,_ Limited right-of-way of 66 feet. 3.: .Preponderance of overhead utility lines (entire length on one side, -half of .length on other side). 4, Limited availability of landscaping space; fairly extensive development. 5. F Right-,of-Vay not,sufficient to provide a median. Miller je.lt the only possibility for including any parkway-type amenities _were ,plantings.of larger shrubs and smaller trees under the utility lines, and/or either securing some land from private landowners, or encouraging the privatelandowners to add plantings along the route. The- F:easibiliz.y.Study shows a walkway on the west side of the road, two driving, janes, ,. nd a center-turn lane. Committee concerns included: - Flow of traffic on Hamline. . .will the proposed improvement increase the flow? Miller stated present usage is 6,000 to 7,000 cars per day; expect future usage to increase to 8,000. It was noted that employees of Cardiac Pacemakers and other businesses along County Road F contribute to this total, as well as the ±1,000 Arden Hills homes which access to Hamline Avenue.