01-28-1986 PTRC Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Minutes of Regular Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Village of Arden Hills January 28, 1986 Village Hall Call to Order - The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Acting Chair Anderson. Roll Call Present: A. Anderson, K. Enrooth, D. Messerly, J. Mishek, A. Montgomery, T. Mulcahy, J. Otto, M. Peterson, K. Rauenhorst Absent: D. Sand, G. Dreyling, M. Gillies Also Present: Councilman T. Sather Parks Director J. T. Buckley City Planner Orlyn Miller Oaths cf Office The oath of office was administered to those present by Councilman Sather. Approval of Minutes Motion was made by Mulcahy, seconded by Rauenhorst, that the minutes of November 26 be approved as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. Hamline Avenue Development Proposal - Orlyn Miller Miller evaluated with the committee the potentials for landscaping along Hamline Avenue relative to different road widths and burying of overhead lines. To do this, he presented cross-sectional drawings of Hamline utilizing all possible combinations of road widths and right-of-ways, with lines buried and with lines overhead. The major deterrents to landscaping, as pointed out at an earlier meeting, are width of right-of-way and preponderance of overhead lines. He noted that 92% of the roadway is impacted by overhead lines; the clearance of the lowest line is 15 to 20 feet. He added that there had been some discussion of having turn lanes only at intersections, rather than a continuous turn lane. Approximately 900 feet is required to construct a turn lane (tapering out, providing for stacking of cars, tapering in); allowing for 800 feet, if turn lanes were constructed at each intersection as an alternative to a continuous turn lane, 95% of the road would be impacted by turn lanes. If, as an alternative, turn lanes were constructed at selected intersections (for discussion purposes, he mentioned Colleen, Floral, Wyncrest, Arden View, Nursery Hill Lane, and STH 96), 57% would be impacted. Miller said he is not aware of standards set up to justify turn lanes (i.e. volume of traffic, number of rear end accidents). Miller's conclusions were: The alternative with the greatest landscaping potential has the nar- rowest roadway and buried electric and telephone lines. The widest roadway combined with overhead wires on both sides of the ROW creates the greatest limitations. eAlthough roadway width obviously impacts landscaping potential, this study confirms that the greatest deterrent to landscaping is the overhead wires at the right-of-way edges.