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At the October pubic meeting regarding this project, residents expressed interest about parking and street width; would the street need to be widened to support parking. Many residents did not want the roadway to be widened, but also wanted to maintain some parking. Also, there was some discussion about mailbox locations as all mailboxes are currently located on the east side of Victoria while the majority of homes are located on the west side of the roadway. As a result of these discussions a survey was sent to residents asking about both mailbox locations and on street parking. 54 surveys were mailed and we received 27 responses. The results of the survey are as follows: It is helpful to separate the results between the north side of Roselawn Avenue and the south side as all of the homes south of Roselawn Avenue are on the west side of Victoria Street. North of Roselawn Avenue, about a third of the homes are on the east side. Also, as indicated previously in this report, Victoria Street is essentially a rural design south of Roselawn Avenue and effectively an urban design north of Roselawn Avenue. While the survey results show the majority of the respondents favored restricting parking on BOTH sides many of the comments on the returned surveys made it clear that residents misunderstood the amount of widening, if any, necessary to support parking on one side. State Aid standards require a minimum roadway width of 32 feet to support parking on one side of the roadway and 38 feet for parking on both sides of the roadway. This was discussed in more detail at the December Public Meeting and staff is recommending the 32 foot wide pavement section with parking on one side of the street. A follow up survey will be sent to residents to clarify this issue and the results will be available for the Public Hearing in February. Staff also had a brief discussion with the Post Office and determined that the Post Office would approve relocating mailboxes but due to the manner in which they operate the mail delivery route all mailboxes would need to be located on either the east or west side of the roadway. Based on the survey results and in Project P -ST -SW -15-02 Victoria Street Reconstruction 21 Feasibility Report MAILBOXES PARKING Move to Keep on Restrict Restrict Allow Parking West Side East Side Both Sides One Side Both Sides North of 3 5 5 3 0 Roselawn South of 17 2 9 7 3 Roselawn Total 1 20 1 7 1 14 1 10 1 3 It is helpful to separate the results between the north side of Roselawn Avenue and the south side as all of the homes south of Roselawn Avenue are on the west side of Victoria Street. North of Roselawn Avenue, about a third of the homes are on the east side. Also, as indicated previously in this report, Victoria Street is essentially a rural design south of Roselawn Avenue and effectively an urban design north of Roselawn Avenue. While the survey results show the majority of the respondents favored restricting parking on BOTH sides many of the comments on the returned surveys made it clear that residents misunderstood the amount of widening, if any, necessary to support parking on one side. State Aid standards require a minimum roadway width of 32 feet to support parking on one side of the roadway and 38 feet for parking on both sides of the roadway. This was discussed in more detail at the December Public Meeting and staff is recommending the 32 foot wide pavement section with parking on one side of the street. A follow up survey will be sent to residents to clarify this issue and the results will be available for the Public Hearing in February. Staff also had a brief discussion with the Post Office and determined that the Post Office would approve relocating mailboxes but due to the manner in which they operate the mail delivery route all mailboxes would need to be located on either the east or west side of the roadway. Based on the survey results and in Project P -ST -SW -15-02 Victoria Street Reconstruction 21 Feasibility Report