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INGERSON PROJECT REVIEW GROUP RECOMMENDATiONS Residents do not want to see excessive speed on the Ingerson neighborhood streets and this can only be accomplished through proper street design (e.g. not excessive street width).35 Some of neighborhood residents advised the Council at the January 10,2000 Council meeting that for numerous reasons, they were opposed to the widening of any streets within the Ingerson Project. Greg Brown, BRW, has acknowledged that he would be agreeable to maintaining the existing street widths.36 e For a variety of reasons, the majority of Review Group members believe the widening of the streets within the Ingerson Project is unnecessary and recommend that existing street widths be maintained. STORMW ATER MANAGEMENT Provisions for stormwater management were contained and discussed in the initial BRW feasibility report and included: . Digging up of all streets within the Ingerson neighborhood and installing storm sewer plpmg; . Curbs and gutters on all streets; . Closure of Hamline Ave. north ofIngerson Road and installation of water holding ponds; and . Rework of the stream that flows into Lake Josephine. . The Ingerson Proj ect residents were advised that one of the primary reasons for the inclusion of a storm sewer was to eliminate "flooding" water that occurred on portions ofIngerson Road.37 A number of facts and issues wcre discussed at the various Review Group meetings: . The area that accumulates standing water spans only approximately 300' out of the total Ingerson Project; . The sloping of the existing roadway contributes to the ponding of water; . The ponding of water dissipates after a few hours or days; . Ponding water only occurs after major rain fall or spring snow melt; . Ponding water occurs on the edge of the roadway but seldom occurs on the roadway, and if on the roadway, only for short periods of time; and . Ponding water occurs in the residents' front and back yards, which would not be corrected by any roadway improvement. 35 Residential Streets, supra. 36 May 16,2000 Review Group Meeting. 37 It should be noted that photographs of the area in question showing standing water were taken after the 1998 spring snow melt. In March, 1998, there was a total precipitation accumulation at the Minneapolis Airport of 4.56" compared to 0.32" in March, 1994; 2.11" in March, 1995; 1.39" in March, 1996; 1.18" in March, 1997; and 1.86" in March, 1999. The average March precipitation accumulation for March 1994-1999 is 1.9". Local Climatological Data, NOAA, . National Climatic Data Center, 1994-1999. 16 August 17, 2000