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intersections at Western Avenue and Dale Street and at the intersections of the streets serving the townhome neighborhoods at Dale and trom the main project street. The district has indicated that these areas will include divided roadways, ornamental pavement crosswalks, extensive landscaping, a project monument feature, and special ornamental street lights. The design of the sign system has not been finalized at this point and will need to be approved by the City prior to construction. The project site plan is proposing ornamental street lighting throughout the developrp.ent with groupings at the main entrances. NSP has a limited number of lighting standard designs. If the applicant chooses one of the standard fixtures and poles, NSP will provide maintenance for the street lights. If they choose light fixture and standards that NSP does not work with, the homeowner's associations will be responsible for street light maintenance. The School District is also proposing to provide continuity throughout the development by including uniform site furnishings such as mail boxes, crosswalk treatments, neighborhood bulletin boards, etc. In addition, they have indicated that all project identification signs will be designed as a uniform package, Project Maintenance - Homeowner's Association It is proposed that the single family neighborhood and townhome neighborhoods of the project will each have a separate homeowners association, Initially, the builders and School District representatives will be responsible for the association through project completion. Once the project is completed, the associations will be governed by a board elected from the people living in the neighborhood. Association fees will be levied against the members of that association for on-going maintenance responsibilities. Areas where the association will need to be responsible for maintenance include entry island maintenance, private open space maintenance, monuments, if necessary street light maintenance, and maintenance of common element such as mail boxes, or other amenities not typically found in typical developments. Final homeowner's association documents must filed with Ramsey County, Sidewalks and Trail Systems As proposed, the project includes a 6 foot wide sidewalk in the right-of-way on the north side of the project street. This sidewalk moves through the project connecting Dale Street and Western Avenue, It is intended to provide public access to the proposed park. The connecting road to the Harstad proposed project should also include a sidewalk to connect that neighborhood and the future connection to Western Avenue to the park. Park Department staff people have asked that the lots fronting on the park be adjusted to provide a second connection to the park. This should be shown as permanent right-of- way on the final plat. At this point, the proposal does not show trails within the open space surrounding the wetlands in the project. Builders in the development have expressed concerns regarding privacy and security with trails in the rear yards of homes but this must be balanced with the ability to provide walking access to the neighborhood park. Further explanation of a pathway system should be required before final plat 5