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1 III 1 Council Meeting Minutes March 28, 1989 Page 3 Public Hearing, continued Public Hearing .,. Proper advised that the streets in the Long Lake area of the City are in poor condition. The existing street ~urfacing is extensively Long Lake Area Street cracked and bumpy from traffi c, weather, and years of patchi ng. Improvement Project Most of the streets, except 15th Street and a portion of 14th Report 89-84 Avenue, have substandard wi dth and no curbi ng. Due to 1 ack of curbing, the edges of the streets are broken and eroding from traffic and street drainage. The streets vary in width from about 22 to 26 feet wide. Fifteenth Street NW and the south half of 14th Avenue NWare in slightly better condition than the other streets in the project. These two streets have bituminous curbing and have the City standard width of 32 feet. A public informational meeting was held on November 28, 1988, with 32 residents in attendance. At this meeting, staff prese~ted the recommendations and a question and answer period followed. The residents' key issues were narrower streets and no curbing. A second infol'mational meeting was held on January 30, 1989. At this meeting staff presented a more detaiiad explanation of the wid~ning of the streets. Test results using a City fire truck and snowp low were used to determi ne street wi dths. Th i rty resi dents attended the second informational meeting. A considerable amount of discussion was focused on the street width issue, and to a lesser extent, the need for curbing. Proper explained that a 24 foot wide street would require a full- time unconditional parking ban along one side for the life of the new street. If the Ci ty were to dev; ate from the City standard width, all residents must understand the trade-off of the parking ban for the narrower street. The estimated assessment rate for the project without curbing, based on the City picking up 75% of the bituminous surfacing cost was also discussed. Part of the reasoning for the City picking up the 75 % is for the street to be constructed to the City standard section. Concrete curbs and gutters convey the surface drainage and hold and protect the edges of the road. Without curb and gutter, the road edge would erode and break up from traffic and weather. The proposed construction consists of the reconstruction of the Long Lake Area streets with storm sewer, barrier-type concrete curb and gutter and a 7..ton des i gn bi tumi nous surface. Staff recommends that all the streets, except 12th Avenue and the portion of 14th Avenue north of 15th Terrace be constructed to the standard 32 foot width.