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Council Meeting Minutes April 28, 1987 1 Wheaton stated he sees the need for resurfacing, but not sidewalk or bike lanes; feels speeding and improper passing would be a problem. Schmidt stated traffic laws will be enforced. Wheaton feels six-foot bike lanes would give homeowners two more feet of lawn; Leonard indicated eight-foot lanes accommodate two side-by-side bikers (14th to 19th) and the County feels biking will be single file adjacent to heavier volumes of traffic, there- fore, six-foot lanes would be sufficient from 1-694 to 14th Street N.W. Leonard further indicated three lanes of traffic is proving to be amazingly safe and indicated MN/DOT is also going to the three- lane design and believes the County has addressed safety issues. Proper indicated it would be desirable to have 8-foot lanes through the entire project; Wheaton believed 6-foot lanes would be desirable. Schmidt asked Proper and Sinda to focus on the concerns, especial- ly regarding safety. I Florence Myslajek, 1820 Long Lake Road, stated she is in favor of sidewalks and bike lanes, believing it will give greater safety to those walking; as a driver, she would like to see walkers in a designated area. Myslajek asked how flow of water will be determined; Proper indi- cated it will be from a survey, unless there is already informa- tion from a previous project. Bob Norell, 1842 Long Lake Road, reminded council of items pre- sented in the past (1985 and 1986 petitions) and is a part of the records from past meetings. Norell asked that a five-foot side- walk be installed by Irondale, but no sidewalk be constructed south of 19th Street because of the intrusion of sidewalks on pro- perty, particularly where the homes are quite close to the road; believes the city has met its safety requirements by including the sidewalk on the north portion by the school. Norell further ad- vised that a number of people have left the neighborhood because of the city's proposed project. In response to Norell's comment about Mr. Bochenski's tree, Brandt asked staff to look at the situation. Norell stated the tree is too large to transplant; sidewalk goes two feet from the trunk; Proper stated he would go out and look at the situation. I Schmidt recalled the original design of the road was 44 feet with the sidewalk, the bike lanes, etc.; that has been reduced to 40 feet as a result of the informational meetings held with residents who expressed their concerns at that time. Leonard confirmed affirmatively, on half of the road; the width of the boulevard was reduced to pull the sidewalk five feet away from the property line. Page 4