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29 <br />DOWNTOWN <br />Main Street and Jackson Avenue Redesign <br />The city is planning to <br />reconstruct Main Street <br />and Jackson Avenue in the <br />coming years, presenting an <br />opportunity to rethink the <br />layout and function of the <br />street. <br />The design “balance” of the <br />street today has about 75% <br />of the right of way used for <br />vehicles - traveling, delivering, <br />or parking. The redesign of <br />Main Street and Jackson Ave <br />should instead move each <br />towards a 50/50 balance, in <br />which the right of way supports <br />vehicles and pedestrian activity <br />in equal balance. <br />The subsequent increase <br />in available sidewalk space <br />between buildings and the <br />street, would allow for twice as <br />much room to walk, roll, dine, <br />shop, and gather, than currently <br />exists today. <br />To do this, the plan envisions <br />all angled parking is shifted <br />to parallel parking, and the <br />two travel lanes are reduced <br />to 11 feet. The space “gained” <br />from these changes is enough <br />to double the sidewalk space <br />on both sides of the street, <br />including a new boulevard <br />space with seating and planters <br />for trees. <br />20’ <br />SIDEWALK & <br />BOULEVARD <br />20’ <br />SIDEWALK & <br />BOULEVARD <br />20’ <br />SIDEWALK & <br />BOULEVARD <br />20’ <br />SIDEWALK & <br />BOULEVARD <br />9’ <br />PARKING <br />(incl. curb/gutter) <br />9’ <br />PARKING <br />(incl. curb/gutter) <br />11’ <br />TRAVEL <br />11’ <br />TRAVEL <br />11’ <br />TRAVEL <br />11’ <br />TRAVEL <br />9’ <br />PARKING <br />(incl. curb/gutter) <br />9’ <br />PARKING <br />(incl. curb/gutter) <br />MAIN STREET JACKSON AVEMain Street RedesignJackson Ave Redesign <br />MAIN STREET JACKSON AVECONTINUATION OF PLANTERS & STAIRS <br />To account for the reduction <br />of on-street parking, the <br />city should pursue and <br />secure parking agreements <br />with surrounding private <br />commercial properties, and Elk <br />River Lutheran church. Such <br />agreements could more than <br />offset the anticipated change <br />of on-street parking. <br />This transition in street design <br />has the potential to establish <br />Main Street as a destination <br />street in the city in which daily <br />activities happens. <br />Page 124 of 247