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<br /> <br />Planning Commission Minutes <br />January 28, 2025 <br />--------- <br />Page 6 of 8 <br />built 29' streets. <br /> <br />Mr. Krystofiak stated he has seen a fair number of 29' street widths being constructed by Capstone and <br />others, and that is the standard for the city of Blaine. He stated it slows traffic down and lessens <br />impervious surfaces. He stated a number of communities are going to this standard. <br /> <br />Chair Beise commented that it seems fairly tight to get emergency vehicles down the road with cars <br />parked on both sides. <br /> <br />Commissioner Booth commented, especially in a cul-de-sac. He stated he had concerns about multiple <br />emergency vehicles in a cul-de-sac. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson asked if, in other private developments with 29' street widths, has the city <br />restricted parking on one side? <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg indicated the city has. Quite often they were in townhome developments with narrower <br />roads, privately maintained and not built to city standards. He reiterated the city engineer's <br />recommendation to remain with the current street width standard of 34', for various reasons such as <br />vehicle and public safety traffic, snow removal, etc. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson would like to know the city engineer's perspective in supporting 34' versus 29'. <br />He feels it's cluttered and does suggest parking is restricted to one side of the street. <br /> <br />Mr. Barker stated Capstone was fine for allowing additional time to review these applications to allow <br />the Planning Commission to continue the street width discussion. He stated the city of Otsego has a <br />29-foot standard and they can show them how that works with EMS and snow removal. He stated <br />Blaine also has a 29' standard and Ramsey just approved a development with 29' standard road width <br />and almost 550 homes in the Riverstone communities. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson asked which developments have 29’ roads with narrower lot sizes and Liberty <br />(50' wide lots) homes. <br /> <br />Mr. Barker stated the Harvest Run community in Otsego is probably the closest to how this proposal <br />feels. <br /> <br />Commissioner Dornan asked which development would be a fair replication with trees in the <br />boulevard. <br /> <br />Mr. Barker stated the boulevard trees in Ramsey's Riverstone development would be a fair replication <br />and offered to meet on site if commissioners would so choose. <br /> <br />Commissioner Booth had concerns with cul-de-sac standards. <br /> <br />Mr. Krystofiak stated the cul-de-sac would be sized to city standards. <br /> <br />Commissioner Dornan asked questions about density in the Liberty area and concerns with parking. He <br />stated the narrower driveways seems counter-intuitive and by taking away parking on the home's <br />driveway forces more street parking. <br /> DRAFTPage 7 of 166