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. ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL PMP DISCUSSION - SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 2 A residential street provides access to the residents on that street. Almost all trips have either an origin or destination on that street. The Council agreed on the definitions with the community collector street taking the place of the commercial collector, the neighborhood street taking the place of the residential collector, the residential street taking the place oflocal designated streets, and special case roads remaining as indicated. The Council then began to discuss how to determine establishment of widths of each of the newly described streets. Former commercial collector streets had been identified as 32 foot streets, and Council agreed that because this was a street that would contain the most traffic and have the highest ADTs they were satisfied that it should have a minimum 32 foot width designation. The former local street had a 28 foot width indicated and the Council was comfortable that the new residential designated streets should continue to have a 28 foot width indication, but that existing street width is a consideration for either expansion or reduction. . The neighborhood street, formerly the residential collector street, was of a type which would serve a function in between the community collector and residential street and there was much discussion ahout whether it should contain a range of widths 28-32 feet, should contain a maximum width no greater than 32 feet, or should indicate a recommended width such as 32 feet. The Council did not come to consensus on this and in presentalion of the Pavement Management Plan, the Council will need to vote on the width designation for neighborhood streets. The special case streets were indicated to be everything from cul-de-sacs to alleys to short segments of roads containing less than a half dozen homes. The Council did agree that the width of the street is measured from the inside curb to the inside curb, or face to face, which contains the curb gutter section. The Council then discussed curb and gutter options. There was agreement that concrete edge strips would not be an option on community, neighborhood, and residential streets. It would only be considered in special cases. The Council also agreed that concrete curb and gutter will be specified without specific types being mentioned for each of the four designated streets. The Council agreed that if putting in curb and gutter for the first time the streets would have to be reconstructed. If an option is available for a project without curb and gutter, overlay should be considered. . The Council then went on to discuss the type of street. The goal of the Council is to make sure that road restrictions can be removed from all ofthe streets throughout Arden Hills. Greg Brown talked about the design standards that most streets would be designed and