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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - FEBRUARY 14,2000 13 4. . 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Compliance with requirements of the Shoreland Management regulations. Rice Creek Watershed District approval. Compliance with the Lighting stmdards of the Zoning Ordinance. No lighting bc erected tor the ball fields and tennis courts. The sewer be extended and the bathrooms be changed to a permanent structure. Add six pine trees at 45 degree angles to each other on the City property, east of the seven pinkspire crabapple trees. The parking lot lights be controlled by a timer and be turned off one hour after sunset. The applicant provide staff with a revised lighting plm lor the parking facility providing options for lower lighting, for final review by the City Council. Review the turn lme requirements with Ramsey County. At the January 31, 2000, City Council meeting there was some discussion about modifYing the motion by eliminating condition number eight and modifYing condition number II to allow for the lighting plan to consist of four 20-foot poles with a 3-foot footing. Councilmember Aplikowski asked how wide the strip of City property was. Ms. Randall stated that the northern portion of the City property was 20 feet wide. The southern portion was more than 100 feet wide. With regard to the Ramsey County proposed layout of the intersection, Mayor Probst asked if the addition of a median islmd, similar to that used at Tony Schmidt park, had been discussed. He felt that such an island would provide a refuge area in the middle of the road for pedestrians crossing the street md assist in the demarcation of the north and south bound lanes. Ms. Randall stated that this may be possible since Ramsey County was open to reviewing other options. . Council member Rem believed that the issue of an island had been brought up and the reason it was not considered was due to the number oflanes at the intersection. Ms. Rmdall stated the ability to inelude an island would be dependent upon how wide the island would be. She noted that additional pavement was being added to the southbound shoulder. She suggested that the Bethel College engineer discuss the amount ofroom available for an island. Councilmember Rem noted that the southbound side of the road is currently used by pedestrians and asked if space will be available for a pedestrian trail at the entrance, or if the shoulder will take up the majority of this space. Ms. Randall noted that the shoulder will not be a right turn lane and at this time, thc shoulder is not paved as wide as being proposed by Ramsey County. Therefore, the added pavement will allow room for bicyclists and pedestrians. Councilmember Rem confirmed that a southbound right turn lane was not included in the plan. Ms. Randall stated that, although this was correct, Ramsey County was not opposed to the addition of a right turn lme. Councilmcmber Rem noted that if a right turn lane was added, pedestrian access to the complex would be difficult. Mr. Boyd Paulu, 3782 McCracken Lane, noted that the proposed layout of the roadway moved the current left turn conflict at Bcthcl Drive back to McCracken Lme. He indicated that southbound traffic wanting to turn right onto McCracken Lane will be in the through traffic lane. He felt that the two lanes of traffic should continue to McCracken Lane rather than being reduce north ofthe intersection. .