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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />DATE: 6-25-96 <br /> <br />Department Approval: <br /> <br />1fytW/~F <br /> <br />Manager Reviewed: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ITEM NO.: G-IO <br /> <br />Agenda Section: <br /> <br />Item Description: <br /> <br />Hearing <br />An ordinance amending the Roseville City Code by amending <br />Chapter 1101 and 1103 to add minimum roadway standards. <br /> <br />Back:round: <br /> <br />Over the past eight years, the City Engineering Department has been participating in the <br />Pavement Management Program (pMP). This program is the total reconstruction of the existing <br />streets throughout the City. Each year, City staffrates roadways and determine which areas need <br />to be included in the reconstruction project. <br /> <br />As part of the reconstruction program, the City attempts to design roadways and cul-de-sacs that <br />will accommodate all emergency vehicles within the City. In preparing this design, the <br />engineering staff reviews the fIre vehicle needs, the other emergency vehicle needs, and <br />maintenance equipment needs. In each situation there are slightly different minimum standards <br />necessary for these specifIc vehicles. With these different minimum standards, it is difficult to <br />prepare a consistent design which can be implemented throughout the City. <br /> <br />This difficulty became apparent during the 1995 PMP public hearings. The Skillman Avenue <br />cul-de-sac located just west of Cleveland Avenue consisted of a 55-foot diameter cul-de-sac and <br />a 28-foot wide road. The 28 foot wide roadway is appropriate for all City vehicle needs, but the <br />55-foot diameter cul-de-sac is inadequate for emergency vehicles. In this situation, the <br />engineering staff proposed an 80-foot diameter cul-de-sac which would meet the needs of the <br />emergency vehicles, but this was seen as unacceptable by the neighborhood. The neighborhood <br />researched the minimum standards of the City and found that a 70-foot diameter cul-de-sac was <br />adequate for some vehicles and felt that this was an acceptable design standard. They requested <br />that this design standard be implemented during the design phase of the project. <br /> <br />Because of this situation and a few other situations that have occurred in the past during the PMP <br />process, staff felt it appropriate to develop a design standard for streets and cul-de-sacs. This <br />design standard would be a minimum design standard that would be acceptable for all vehicles <br />within the City ofRoseville. Fire department staff, engineering, and planning staffhave been <br />working together to develop these minimum design standards to be included within this <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />Attached is a copy of the draft ordinance for the Council's fIrst reading and public hearing. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Recommendations: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission, at the June 12, 1996 meeting, unanimously recommended approval <br />of an ordinance amending the Roseville City Code by amending Chapter 110 I and 1103 to add <br /> <br />1 <br />