Agenda - Public Works Committee - 09/15/2015

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Chairperson Riley confirmed the City Engineer will request approval for parking on one side and bike lane on the other. He stated he preferred to restrict parking for a stretch of the road, but not the whole road. He also would like to avoid losing trees. Councilmember Shryock agreed the residents would like to keep the trees in that area. She suggested where the trees are that should be saved, no parking signs could be added. Civil Engineer II Linton stated he worked on the original Andrie Street feasibility study, and there is room to narrow it from its existing configuration. The option at that time was to put the sidewalk in and the study focused on narrowing the road for that. He offered to conduct more research. Chairperson Riley asked for clarification on how the width added up to 36 feet. He said he would prefer to narrow the street or have the no parking signs in the areas relative to saving trees. City Engineer Westby noted the street is proposed to be constructed with 11 foot drive lanes, and 8 foot shoulder, and a 6 foot bike lane. He said no motion is needed since the original recommendation stands, with looking at parking restrictions on one side in areas with trees as an amendment,. 5.04: Recommend Revising Street Names from (East) Town Center Drive to Center Street, and from East/West Ramsey Parkway to Ramsey Parkway City Engineer Westby reviewed the staff report. Councilmember Johns commented it would be good to simplify. Since the directional words in the names are not carried out throughout the City, this section of the City should be simplified. Chairperson Riley inquired what the name would be on the west side of the horseshoe. He said he is not sure the street will ever be constructed as originally planned. City Engineer Westby explained Ramsey Parkway would continue to the west of the horseshoe, south of Lake Ramsey, and that the horseshoe will not likely be built. Councilmember Shryock questioned why Center Street was originally named Town Center Driver. City Administrator Ulrich answered it had to do with when the City was trying to rebrand, and the temporary name of the area was Ramsey Town Center. Now staff would like to drop the word Town and change Drive to Street to be more consistent with our naming convention. Chairperson Riley pointed out half the signs have Center Street, so this won't be a large project. Public Works Committee / June 16, 2015 Page 6 of 8