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<br />~ <br />~HILLS <br /> <br />Ingerson Neighborhood Q&A <br />Pavement Management Meeting (PMP) <br />July 18, 2002; 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Page 6 of8 <br /> <br />Comment: Did the Rice Creek Watershed give any input into this project? Previously they <br />stated curb and gutter was the rose thing you could do. <br />Their generally philosophy is to go with rain gardens and vegetative soils. We have <br />changed our project plans to reflect their comments in regard to street widths, less pipe, <br />and rain gardens. This shows that comments received at these meetings are listened to <br />and incorporated. <br /> <br />Comment: The main concern is the safety on Ingerson Road. Children ride bicycles on the <br />road. Unless you are breaking on the hill, a car speed has the potential to get up to at least 40 <br />m.p.h. It is the speed of the traffic and not so much the amount of traffic that is concerning. <br />Wouldn't making a street wider and smoother just increase the speed of the traffic. <br />Safety is always a concern on roadways and that is one of the reasons the City has agreed <br />to a narrower road width standard. Roads can be striped and curbed which tends to give <br />an effect the road is narrower than it actually is and tends to psychological make people <br />drive slower. Stop signs can be considered as well. <br /> <br />Comment: What happened to the water garden idea. Why not seal coat on street. <br />Water gardens are still in the discussion. <br /> <br />Seal coating is strictly a cosmetic fix. For some streets in worse shape it is a waste of <br />money. <br /> <br />Comment: How far do you dig into yards and how many trees would be damaged. <br />One foot to two feet behind curb is disturbed and sodding is generally done up to four <br />feet back. We do not anticipate any trees being disturbed. Some branches currently <br />extend out. Weare comfortable we can avoid any tree disturbances because they set back <br />off the road far enough. <br /> <br />Comment: The majority of the tree roots are in the top 6 inches of soil and if that soil were <br />disturbed it would probably kill that tree. <br />We haven't had that kind of experience with past projects and are careful not to damage <br />tre.es. The Fairview project had a fair amount of grading and did not experience any <br />problems. <br /> <br />Comment: When Rice Creek spoke at the last meeting they noted they are not a proponent of <br />curbs. We need to back off about saying curb and gutters are for the benefit of water quality <br />when the Rice Creek does not agree. <br />It is correct to state Rice Creek does not agree with curbs for water quality reasons. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />