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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 07-08-96 ITEM NO.: G-3 Item Description: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: ~g- Hearing An ordinance amending the Roseville City Code by amending Chapter 1101 and 1103 to add minimum roadway standards. Department Approval: ~/~F Bacq,ound: Over 1he 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. The Skillman Avenue cul-de-sac located just west of Cleveland Avenue consisted ofa 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 SO-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 accep~ble 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. desip. standard that would be acceptable fOT all vehicles within the City ofRoseville. Fire department staff, engineering, and planning staffhave been working together to develop these minimum design standards to be included within this ordinance, Attached is a copy of the draft ordinance for the Council's first reading and public hearing. Plannin, Commission Recommendations: The Planning Commission, at the June 12, 1996 meeting, unanimously recommended approval ofan ordinance amending the Roseville City Code by amending Chapter 1101 and 1103 to add 1