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<br />MINUTES 2 <br />Pequot Lakes Planning Commission <br />January 15, 2015 <br /> <br />Mayor Sjoblad stated he is not looking at adopting road now, but a standard needs to be <br />developed. Current standard requires the road to meet width and be blacktopped. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Loven further stated that the City had one standard, but the <br />Trailside Estates plat was approved by the Planning Commission with much smaller <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Member Habein asked if the minimum standard now is 24 feet <br />wide with blacktop. Mayor Sjoblad stated it is the standard but in a rural residential <br />area, it doesn’t need to be that wide. Chair Seils asked if he was suggesting 20 feet in <br />width. Mayor Sjoblad stated he may be. He further stated that the Planning <br />Commission’s task is to fill in the blank spot and to create a good definition of Rustic <br />Roads. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Loven stated the proposed definition for Rustic Roads <br />included in the packets is from State Statute. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Member Oraskovich suggested the definition included on page 3 <br />for Rustic Roads including 150 vehicles a day would be heavy use. He had been on <br />County Road 107 that afternoon for approximately an hour and saw only 4 vehicles. He <br />wondered if 150 vehicles per day was too high. Public Works Supervisor Loven stated it <br />is not too high. <br /> <br />Council Member Akerson stated that street width doesn’t have anything to do with <br />right-of-way. Mayor Sjoblad stated the standard right-of-way is 66 feet, but is that <br />necessary in a rural residential area? Council Member Akerson stated 66 feet would be <br />the standard to include sidewalks, bike trails, etc. <br /> <br />Mr. Czech stated he agrees that most new developments are platted with right-of-way 66 <br />feet wide; a lot of that is ditch. His concern with a narrower street was whether a school <br />bus and another vehicle could pass by safely. In addition, wider streets make sure trees <br />aren’t low enough to hit vehicles. Mr. Czech also asked where the $40 per foot figure <br />came from resulting in the replacement cost of $127,000.00. Zoning Administrator <br />Bittner explained the $40 fee was provided by the City Engineer. Mr. Czech stated he <br />provided an invoice from Schrupp Excavating for $17,000.00 to bring it up to City <br />specs, without pavement. <br /> <br />When asked by Council Member Oraskovich, Mayor Sjoblad stated rural roads should <br />be blacktopped. <br />