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<br /> <br />Item 5.10. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />August 30, 2004 <br />File: 823930J-0060 <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, Minnesota 55330 <br /> <br />RE: GATES AVENUE RE-S1RIPING AND PARKING ISSUE <br /> <br />Dear Councilmembers: <br /> <br />As directed, we have reviewed the options available on the south end of Gates Avenue to <br />allow on-street parking to continue adjacent to the residential properties. We have also <br />discussed with other department heads their opinion regarding this issue. Perhaps first a bit <br />of background is in order regarding the history of Gates Avenue. In the mid-1980's, Gates <br />Avenue was continued north along the Freeport Avenue alignment to connect Main Street <br />with School Street. The combination of Gates Avenue/Freeport Avenue were put on the <br />City's Municipal State Aid (MSA) system at that time, indicating that the City envisioned this <br />route to be a collector roadway. This was all done in conjunction with the first large-scale <br />commercial development along Trunk Highway 169 of Elk River Plaza. There was much <br />conversation by the City Council at that time of trying to connect the commercial along <br />Trunk Highway 169 with the downtown area so that the new commercial area would not <br />have a negative effect on the old established commercial and downtown area. <br /> <br />Since the Gates Avenue/Freeport Avenue corridor was placed on the Municipal State Aid <br />System, we have traffic counts every four years as required by the MSA system. The <br />following table lists the year and the average daily (mid week) traffic on the south end of <br />Gates Avenue and Main Street in the area of Gates Avenue. <br /> <br />Year <br />1987 <br />1991 <br />1995 <br />1999 <br />2003 <br /> <br />Gates Avenue <br />2,780 <br />5,063 <br />7,000 <br />5,700 <br />6,100 <br /> <br />Main Street <br />4,140 <br />6,300 <br />7,100 <br />7,700 <br />9,500 <br /> <br />Phone: 763.635.1000 <br />Fax: 763,635,1090 <br /> <br />www.cLelk-river.mn.us <br />