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qASPAL+E REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/13/12 Item No.: 12.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Plans for County Road C -2 Construction Project 1 BACKGROUND 2 At the October 17, 2011 meeting, the City Council approved the construction of the connection 3 of County Road C -2 between Hamline and Lexington. This project is scheduled for construction 4 in 2012. The project that was approved by the City Council: 5 • Construct Road County Road C -2 connection between Griggs and Dunlap. To save some 6 of the trees in the right of way, staff is proposing to construct this street segment at a 28 7 foot width. No parking will be allowed in this segment. s • Construct a 6 foot wide concrete sidewalk along the north side of County Road C -2 9 between Hamline and Lexington. The segment of sidewalk between Fernwood Street 10 and Lexington Avenue will be constructed by Pulte Homes as part of the Josephine 11 Woods development. 12 • Install a parking bay on the north side of County Road C -2 along Cottontail Park. In all 13 other locations between Hamline and 1261 County Road C -2, the north curb line will be 14 moved 4 feet south to define the on street parking bay and narrow the rest of the road. 15 No parking will be allowed where the street is narrowed. 16 • Street trees installed along the segment of road included in the construction project. 17 • Construct colored concrete pedestrian crossings at Hamline, Cottontail Park, and 18 Lexington. 19 Staff held a Public Open House on January 12th, 2012. The meeting was attended by about 40 20 property owners. The majority of the attendees live on County Road C -2. Many of the 21 comments provided to staff were incorporated into the final plans. Items that staff has identified 22 during the plan development process that staff would like to bring to the City Council's attention 23 as a part of the final plan approval. 24 • Existing site conditions: Staff has identified some construction debris, including concrete 25 and bituminous chunks that will need to be removed from the site of the road connection 26 construction. The soil borings show no evidence of the contamination that was found on 27 the Josephine Woods site. 28 • Hamline right turn lane: Staff is recommending the construction of a right turn lane at 29 the intersection of County Road C -2/ Hamline Avenue. For safety, we need to line up the 30 lanes on this segment of County Road C -2 with the lanes west of Hamline. While the 31 road west of Hamline is the same width as the road east of Hamline, the parking 32 restrictions are different. Parking is permitted on the south side of the road west of 33 Hamline. If we line up the centerlines, we would be unable to fit a right turn lane into the 34 existing pavement width. As a result we recommend that the road be widened 3 feet to 35 the north to accommodate a turn lane at this intersection. Page 1 of 4