11-07-2022 City Council Meeting Minutes

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City Council Minutes November 7,2022 Page 4 of 9 public input. Sketches: started at W Lake St. Looked at narrowing roadway. Add curb and gutter. Kept raised median to keep left turn lane to the school. Raised median are gentle concrete slope, others have physical curb. Some include plants, some are simply striped. Many options available. At W Woodman St, thoughts include a crosswalk due to the school. Raised median, bituminous path. Storm sewer. Next slide up a block. Crosswalk at W Woodman and raised median. Access to Paul Bunyan Trail parking lot, no traffic counts at this intersection. Converting to city street without a left turn lane. Discussion about needing a left turn lane. There is a black line denoting getting rid of 1st and turning it into a parking lot. New bituminous path. Left turn into W Butler. Lessening the pavement and length of turn lanes. Adjust traffic signal timing. Next page needs a lot of comment. One of the things he heard is the two parallel parking approach, westside of the Cole Memorial Building, wasn't used as much. What would diagonal parking look like. All three blocks would be proposed curb and gutter. With diagonal parking there would be sidewalk at the nose of the vehicles. Depth of stalls would be 7 ft space behind a vehicle. Asked for comments and get them to Mr. Spiczka. Mr. Spiczka asked if there is a process to analyze public safety of these projects. Tim answered they have used a combination of approached. Ask police department, Nick Roy's input. Try to use as much local information as possible. Council member Pederson asked about the Patriot Ave Redesign team. He stated the school was instrumental in the walkway path. Dairy Queen and Supervalu had input. Council member Pederson offered to help communicate to other property and business owners. They are working on "Safe Routes to School". Tim said he doesn't have a problem with sharing this PDF. Council member Pederson will share with school, Dairy Queen and Quisbergs. Council agreed to have Council member Pederson get input from them. Gardner asked about money. If we get 26 iterations, that will hurt. Ronning asked timeframe, comments this month, and come December or January would be at stage with final sketch and cost. 6. Planning and Zoning 6.1. Planning Commission Report The October 3, 2022, Planning &Zoning Commission Report and September 15, 2022, Planning &Zoning minutes were received by Council. 6.2. Comprehensive Plan Amendment— Revise the Future Land Use Map Mr. Spiczka stated the reason for this is looking for more places to put higher density residential and to create opportunities for homes. The map identifies a corridor along Co Rd 11. Mayor does not think the square of land by the water tower should be public. Mayor also has questions about properties off of Patriot Ave near SPR Motorsports. Mayor Gardner stated this is not re-zoning but changing the future land use map so that residential developments are easier to build. Discussion ensued.