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I I I- interoffice M EMORAN DUM . to: Mr. Brian Fritsinger from: Greg Stonehouse I subject: March II Council Meeting Agenda Items date: March 6, 1996 I This memorandwn is submitted as a response to the issues raised by the Residents' of Oak . A venue at our meeting on February 29, 1996 and in their memorandum, dated March 5, 1996. It appears that the residents have agreed that reconstruction is the most economically and technically feasible alternative for the rehabilitation of Oak Avenue, They have also stipulated I four conditions of their consent to this work. These stipulations are presented below with the associated engineering opinion regarding each issue: I . A 26-foot street width. The engineer has maintained that the recommended street width be 26 feet since the Public Hearing on January 29, 1996. The recommendcd design .. with surmountable curb and guttcr would result in two 12-foot wide driving lancs and a total street width of approximately 26 feet (see attached curb details). . Installation of surmountable concrete curbs. Sunnountable curbs are typically used in the I construction of new developments. In the proposed Oak Avenue application, surmountable curbs arc acceptable, from an engineering perspective, as the residents . appear to unanimously desire this style of construction. . Re-designed cul-de-sac. Attached is a modified cul-de-sac design (Exhibit I) which I accommodates the existing street area relatively well. The original cul-de-sac proposal has been modified (Exhibit 2) to attempt to accommodate existing landscaping within the . right-ol~way as well. That design, presented in Exhibit 2, presents the recommended standards according the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) turning movement template for a school bus. Exhibit 3 presents an additional alternative I presented by the group of residents. This alternate is technically unfeasible in the engineer's opinion. If the design presented in Exhibit 1 is the selected alternate, residents of the cui-de-sac should be made aware that landscaping, lawns, and I driveways directly behind the surmountable curb arc subject to larger vehicle traffic as those types of vehicles may not be able to negotiate the movement within the limits of the proposed curb section. I . Final approval of plans by the Oak A venue residents. City staff and the project engineer .- have been, and will continue to be, committed to involving the residents of all Arden Hills streets in the reconstruction improvements. However, it may not be conducive to an effective and efficient engineering and project implementation process to give . final plan approval to residents of individual streets.