CR 91-163 Petition Feasibility Study - Knollwood Sty 5
July 31, 1991 ° P K�� Council Report: 91 -163
Accept Petition and Order Feasibility Study
Knollwood Street Reconstruction
Proposed Action
Staff recommends the following motion: Move that Council
adopt Resol ution 91-97, Resolution Acceptina Petition and
Ordering Preparatio of Feasibility Report- Knollwood Street
Reconstruction
This action is a repeat first step in the process of
providing overall street and storm sewer reconstruction and
utility upgrading in the Knollwood neighborhood.
Overview
At its February 6,'1990, meeting Council passed a resolution
ordering a street improvement in Knollwood. The Council
ordered a project with a roadway width of twenty feet
without curb and gutter and with parking restrictions. The
consultant engineer worked closely with the neighborhood
association in developing preliminary plans. By April
Council was considering changes in the City's Roadway
Improvements Policy #7D, and since this clouded discussions
of a street project in Knollwood, staff and the neighborhood
petitioned Council to table any further plan development.
In August 1990 Council formally adopted a revised roadway
policy and the association has since that time discussed a
renewed effort.. The result is a new petition.
Primary Issues to Consider
o Should the petition be honored?
o Why order another feasibility report?
Supporting Information
o Petition form with signatures
o Location map
o Resolution 91 -97
JcYmes Gessele
Engineering Superintendent
Analysis
o Should the petition be honored?
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, the
requisite number of owners of not less than 35
percent in frontage of the real property abutting
on the streets named in the petition have provided
their signatures. Pursuant to the City Roadway
Policy #7D, the requisite fifty -five percent of
owners have petitioned for a street without
concrete curb and gutter. The roster has been
examined, checked, and found to be in proper form.
The petition requests construction methods and
features that are contrary to Roadway Policy #7D
or standard engineering design, to wit: flat
laying catch basins and bituminous alleys. Staff
feels these are issues better discussed at a
public hearing once a feasibility study has been
prepared that itself will examine these methods
and features. Council should be aware that it may
at a future time see fit to reject some of the
specific requests in the petition and will then
need a 4/5 vote to order a project. At this time
staff recommends acceptance of the petition.
o Why order another feasibility report?
The petition suggests various options in street
design and width. A new report needs to examine
options not previously discussed. In addition, a
1991 report will provide more current cost
estimates for the various alternatives. Staff
anticipates such a report ready for Council
presentation by September 17. A public hearing
could then be held on October 15.
Staff recommendation is to order another
feasibility study that discusses various street
widths and their cost with and without concrete
curb and gutter (the latter option entailing a
raised bituminous road edge).
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0 CITY OF HOPKINS
PETITION FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
To the Council of the City of Hopkins:
We, the undersigned, being the owners of real property abutting on the improvement
hereby and hereinafter petitioned for, do hereby petition that you install, improve, extend
and construct and reconstruct streets, storm sewer, water main and sanitary sewer.
Construction Methods Desired:
Continuous asphalt raised edge curb and gutter in lieu of concrete curb and gutter:
Requires 55% of all property owners' signatures (26 total signatures).
May require design modifications to address actual drainage and
maintenance concerns.
Requires inobtrusive and flat - laying gutters (non - raised) to collect storm
water for drainage into the underground storm sewer system.
Asphalt paving (center draining) at alleys.
Street Width - 20 feet overall (back to back of raised edze)
Streets currently 20 feet or greater in width shall be reconstructed to those
same respective widths. Streets currently less than 20 feet in width shall be
reconstructed to 20 feet in width unless existing and/or adverse conditions
are present and the City Council approves a width narrower than 20 feet.
Streets less than 26 feet in width may be subject to parking restrictions on
"as needed" basis at time of construction or in future if needed.
City staff will review streets for emergency vehicle needs and will report to
City Council with recommendations.
City staff will work with neighborhood to identify areas and appropriate
justifications where street width may be increased to provide unrestricted
parking (26 feet maximum width).
along the following streets, avenues, alleys or thoroughfares in the following locations in
the City of Hopkins:
Bridle Lane Cottage Downs Edgemoor Drive Park Terrace Valley Way. Wilshire Walk
and Alleyway of Cottage Downs
...and we request that each benefitted property be assessed only for the applicable cost of
improvements petitioned for and installed in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 429.011
to 429.111. The assessment and construction to be in accordance with Hopkins Legislative
Policy #7 -D, Roadway Improvements.
Assessable roadway improvements shall conform with the procedural requirements of
Minnesota Statute Chapter 429.
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-BOUNDARY OF PROPOSED
RECONSTRUCTION AREA
® - PETITIONERS
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County
RESOLUTION NO. 91 -97
WHEREAS, a certain petition requesting the improvement of
Cottage Downs, Park Terrace, Bridle Lane, Valley Way,
Wilshire Walk, Edgemoor Drive, and Alleyway off Cottage
Downs, filed with the Council on August 6, 1991, is
hereby declared to be signed by the required percentage
of owners of property affected thereby. This
declaration is made in conformity to Minnesota
Statutes, Section 429.035.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of
Hopkins, Minnesota, that the proposed improvement be
referred to the engineering superintendent for study
and that he is instructed to report to the Council with
all convenient speed advising the Council in a
preliminary way as to whether the proposed improvement
is feasible and as to whether it should best be made as
proposed or in connection with some other improvement,
and the estimated cost of the improvement as
recommended.
FURTHERMORE, funds in the amount of $4,000 are appropriated
to prepare this feasibility report.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins,
Minnesota, this 6th day of August, 1991.
By:
Nelson W. Berg, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk