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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />ITEM 6.2. <br /> <br />Howard R. Green Company <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> <br />November 20, 2000 <br />File: 806610J-0325 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />PO Box 490 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0490 <br /> <br />RE: AUBURN STREET <br /> <br />Dear Council Members: <br /> <br />As directed by the City Council at the July 24, 2000 meeting, City staff convened a meeting to <br />discuss possible improvements that could be made to the Auburn Street area to address citizen <br />complaints concerning speed and volume of traffic. The meeting was held on August 17, 2000. <br />Staff members in attendance included the following: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br />Tom Zerwas, Chief of Police <br />Jeff Beahen, Assistant Chief of Police <br />Bruce West, Fire Chief <br />Michele McPherson, Director of Planning <br />Phil Hals, Street Superintendent <br />Terry Maurer, City Engineer <br /> <br />Items which were discussed and a brief summary of the discussion are as follows: <br /> <br />1. 193rd Avenue/Auburn Street Intersection <br />In the various public meetings that have been held, there has been a number of concerns <br />voiced regarding the speed of traffic around this corner and the traffic cutting the corner, <br />essentially going into the wrong lane, to maintain their speed around the corner. For several <br />years, this has been a 90 degree corner with no development on the east or south legs. <br />Recently, the developer of this area began construction on Woods at Hillside Phase II, <br />which will create an east leg of 193rd Avenue at this intersection. Discussion was held at our <br />staff meeting concerning two potential solutions here. The first was constructing medians on <br />193rd Avenue to force the traffic to stay in its own lane through the turn and/or creating an <br />all-way stop situation once the east leg of 193rd Avenue is constructed. Concern was voiced <br />by Phil Hals and myself regarding the median issue in that a short median will be difficult to <br />plow around, and in relatively deep snowfalls, will be essentially hidden from traffic and/or <br />snowplow equipment. It was the consensus of the group that an all-way stop situation will <br />provide a means to slow traffic at the intersection, therefore causing it to stay in the <br />appropriate lane, not cutting the corner. <br /> <br />Ltr-112000-City Council.doc <br />1326 Energy Park Drive. St. Paul, MN 55108 . 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 <br />