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Design Opportunities & Concerns Project Advisory Committee March - - PDF document

3/16/2016 Design Opportunities & Concerns Project Advisory Committee March 17, 2016 Lake Street Project Segments 1 3/16/2016 Four Lanes Plus Left Turn Lane Four Lanes plus Two Parking Lanes 2 3/16/2016 Four Lanes with Curb Extensions Transit


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Project Advisory Committee March 17, 2016

Design Opportunities & Concerns Lake Street Project Segments

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Four Lanes Plus Left Turn Lane Four Lanes plus Two Parking Lanes

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Four Lanes with Curb Extensions Transit Stops and Service

  • Local Transit Service

– Routes 21, 27, 53

  • Future Arterial Bus Rapid Transit (ABRT)

– Pre‐boarding fares / shorter dwell time at stops – High frequency, limited stop service – Higher amenity stations

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Local Transit Stop

  • Insert photo of stop and shelter

Metro Transit A Line (Snelling BRT) Stations

  • Insert photo from Snelling ABRT Station

Images from www.metrotransit.org/a‐line‐project

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Streetscape and Landscape Elements

  • Standard

– Sidewalk – Lighting – Street trees

  • Above standard examples

– Sidewalk treatments – Lighting – Benches – Trash receptacles – Bike racks

Streetscape and Landscape Elements

  • Standard

– Sidewalk – Lighting – Street trees

  • Above standard examples

– Sidewalk treatments – Lighting – Benches – Trash receptacles – Bike racks

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Streetscape and Landscape Elements

  • Standard

– Sidewalk – Lighting – Street trees

  • Above standard examples

– Sidewalk treatments – Lighting – Benches – Trash receptacles – Bike racks

Streetscape and Landscape Elements

  • Standard

– Sidewalk – Lighting – Street trees

  • Above standard examples

– Sidewalk treatments – Lighting – Benches – Trash receptacles – Bike racks

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Streetscape and Landscape Elements

  • Standard

– Sidewalk – Lighting – Street trees

  • Above standard examples

– Sidewalk treatments – Lighting – Benches – Trash receptacles – Bike racks

Neighborhood Identification

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Special Assessments

  • Collected from property owners that benefit from

public improvements

  • Uniform assessment rate
  • Streetscape special assessment

Special Service Districts

  • Established to finance the maintenance and operation
  • f above standard streetscape elements
  • Residential property is exempt
  • Must be approved by City Council
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Areaways

  • Extended basement areas under sidewalks
  • Need to determine if any exist

– Property owner feedback – Records search – Site investigation

  • Determine resolution

Design Related Field Work – Spring 2016

  • Gopher State One Call for utility locations
  • Soil borings (structural investigation)
  • Soil sampling (environmental investigation)
  • Areaway investigations
  • Surveying
  • Traffic counts
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Thank You!