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• Provide pathway facilities along all roads (pg 17): The design standards recommend that a road with 35 MPH and over 1,000 ADT have a 5 foot wide striped shoulder for bicycle use or an 8 foot wide trail. The plan also recommends that we consider sidewalks in primarily residential areas to minimize impacts to property owners. • Provide a safe network of pathway linkages for pedestrians and cyclists to and between educational facilities, churches, business centers, transit stops, parks and open space. • Provide pathway linkages for light traffic to the regional pathway system. (pg 19) • Pathways shall be part of roadway design and construction. (pg 21) a. Pathway Recommendation Staff recommends that a pathway be installed on the east side of Victoria Street. South of Roselawn Ave staff recommends installing an 8 foot bituminous trail with a 5 foot boulevard where possible. Where necessary, the boulevard may be reduced to zero and curb and gutter may be used to provide a barrier between the trail and sidewalk. Final design may identify additional impacts to the cemetery and the bordering vegetation that would modify this recommendation to a 6 foot sidewalk with a 5 foot boulevard. A trail is preferred in order to meet the guidelines of the Pathway Master Plan and to better connect Reservoir Woods and the trail along Roselawn Ave with Larpenteur Ave and the regional facilities south of Larpenteur. North of the Reservoir Woods trail connection staff recommends installing a 6 foot concrete sidewalk with a 5 foot boulevard. The transition to a sidewalk at this point is recommended in order to reduce impacts to the wetland and heavily wooded areas north of Roselawn Ave. Also, this will reduce impacts to the private properties located on the north section of the project. North of County Road B the City will also be installing a 6 foot sidewalk along the east side of Victoria Ave. While the roadway will be narrowed in some sections to provide space for the new sidewalk, the roadway is not being reconstructed as part of this project. This portion of the project will be funded with Park Renewal Bond funds. Staff anticipates minimal tree and vegetation removal on private property with the installation of the proposed pathways but there will be considerable brush and tree removal along the edge of the wooded areas north of Roselawn Ave. The City will coordinate any replacements with property owners and work to minimize the impacts to the wooded areas. There is adequate right of way to construct the sidewalk without needing to obtain additional easement. Constructing a sidewalk along the east side of Victoria Street is consistent with the goals and policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Pathway Master Plan. 2. Parking and mailbox locations Project P -ST -SW -15-02 Victoria Street Reconstruction Pill Feasibility Report