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f;ifo proval: Manager Approved: DATE: 3-18-96 ITEM NO: Agenda Section: REQUEST FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION EMERGENCY VEmCLE ACCESS ADDmONS TO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. Baclmround: Over the past eight years, the City Engineering Department has been participating in the Pavement Management Program (pMP). This program is the total reconstruction of the existing streets throughout the City. Each year, City staff rates roadways and determine which areas need to be included in the reconstruction project. As part of the reconstruction program, the City attempts to design roadways and cul-de-sacs that will accommodate all emergency vehicles within the City. In preparing this design, the engineering staff reviews the fire vehicle needs, the other emergency vehicle needs, and maintenance equipment needs. In each situation there are slightly different minimum standards necessary for these specific vehicles. With these different minimum standards, it is difficult to prepare a consistent design which can be implemented throughout the City. This difficulty became apparent during the 1995 PMP public hearings. Skillman Avenue cul-de-sac located just west of Cleveland Avenue consisted of a 55-foot diameter cul-de-sac and a 28-foot wide road. The 28 foot wide roadway is appropriate for all City vehicle needs, but the 55-foot diameter cul-de-sac is inadequate for emergency vehicles. In this situation, the engineering staff proposed an 80-foot diameter cul-de-sac which would meet the needs of the emergency vehicles, but this was seen as unacceptable by the neighborhood. The neighborhood researched the minimum standards of the City and found that a 70-foot diameter cul-de-sac was adequate for some vehicles and felt that this was an acceptable design standard. They requested that this design standard be implemented during the design phase of the project. Because of this situation and a few other situations that have occurred in the past during the PMP process, staff felt it appropriate to develop a design standard for streets and cul-de-sacs. This design standard would be a minimum design standard that would be acceptable for all vehicles within the City ofRoseville. Planning staff, fire department staff, and engineering staff have been working together to develop these minimum design standards to be included within this ordinance. Attached is a copy of the draft ordinance for your review and comment. SU22ested Action: If the Council finds this draft ordinance to be consistent with previous direction, the planning staff will request the City Attorney to review the draft and prepare an ordinance for formal hearings. Staff report by: Dennis Welsch -"'~t).,," ~ ~ 1