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Mayor Gamec inquired if they were to compromise on a. 30 foot wide road would <br /> comfortable with· that. . <br /> <br /> Street Supervisor Reimer replied that he would _prefer that theyj stay_ with the 39_ fe <br /> <br /> Chad Hamson, Engineer for the developer, stated that 90 percent of the stmetS~U[ St. Lc <br /> are 26 feet wide. With this development they are trying to develop sord~g that is <br /> different. W~th the narrower streets there ~s less pavement to clear th.~e£ore r~.m~ g the <br /> of snow storage that ~s needed. The ~ssue of slowing traffic down . I-F~stated that <br /> wall bmld what the C~ty s asks them to bmld, but they would~em~t~e another v~ew at <br /> the issue especially when on average streets are only plowe~fii'nes a year. <br /> <br /> Councdmember Zmnnerman stated that he would reco~d~~ that they'g~Q~lth the 3_-foot w~de <br /> <br /> D~rector of Pubhc Works/F~re Chief Kapler provtded a p~cture ~ evelopment m. Blame that <br /> has 26-foot w~de streets indicating that three regular stze tracks cout~ fit on ~ road. <br /> <br /> City Engineer Jankowski noted ths:t.,~,g¢~[~are talk/ng about 32 ~ e talk/ng curb <br /> back to back, which means they h~7~8~feet: ous. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kangas stated that they would not ~iOpposed to. g to one s~de of the street. <br /> He stated that ~t has been demonstrate~i~at the.~:~Sfeet wtd 1 work, but when the C~ty <br /> reqmre a pubhc street m the cottage homes~,i~;'dr Iy chan~g,e35tfie ahgnment of the umts. <br /> <br /> Councilmembe~.c:~[~;g~state4 that he was V,~ senslttve wtth the aesthetic concerns and can <br /> appreciate a;e6iie'ern of m~g the roads larg~}!¢m;~he un_i-ts. He inquired as to who would be <br /> liable if a~ tim,truck is unabl*~ access a home. <br /> <br /> Dired~6t%f~::P.~tb]ic Workj~g;,.,Chef Kap~jephed' that residents are paying taxes for public <br /> safety and feel <br /> <br />~iT?5;~C~fibdLmember Elm..~,i;~ted that that ts a very strong msue. He mqmred if staff·has had any <br /> conversa~mns wtth the ~of $~water regarding the L~berty on the Lakes development m then' <br /> <br /> Director of Pub~c.,:.,,.,,,~.~, ....; Works~re Chief Kapler' rephed yes. He stated that if they could get around <br /> the snow storag~ssue then staff would be comfortable w~th the setback ~ssue. There has to be <br /> some understa~gT/ag that snow w~ll be pushed onto private property. <br /> <br /> '."~.Ee.uncilmemB~r Elvig stated that he was not sure why theY switched from a private Street to a <br /> P~, s~eet ~n the cottage homes area, but ~f the ~ssue ~s snow storage he felt that that was <br /> so~:~ they could work out with the homeowners association. <br /> <br />City Council/January 21, 2003 <br /> Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br />67. <br /> <br /> <br />