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COMMITNITY 191Y af GKOwTH Pequot INSTITUTE Lakes-- NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE DISCUSSION Background Information: The City is considering reconstructing North Washington Avenue from CSAH ii to Oriole Street. The Planning Commission should determine what the "vision"is for the future of North Washington Street and how the streetscape fits into that vision. Street Profile: • One block • 340 ft length • 75 ft. right-of-way width • City water • Sanitary sewer • Storm sewer • Commercial/residential/vacant lot Current Capacity;, North Washington Avenue serves as a local neighborhood collector street. It mainly serves the handful of residential properties along it and the commercial businesses at the South end. The street is connected to CSAH 11 which is a higher capacity arterial road. There is a modest amount of traffic that funnels through North Washington Street to CSAH 11. Surroundina Land Use: The one block stretch of street that is proposed to be reconstructed has a vacant property,two �- single family dwellings, a commercial business, and a commercial/residential building complex. The use of the property surrounding this block of North Washington Street is relatively low intensity. The existing and future land use of the property along North Washington Street should be taken into consideration when plannin for a new street. 2 r. b.: z Cost/Benefit Analysis of Existing Street: The portion of property taxes collected which goes to "street maintenance" for properties along North Washington Street in a given year is $11,616. The long-term estimated maintenance cost for the entire length of North Washington Street is $53,625. The adjacent property owners pay 22% of the long-term costs of the street.