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11-24-15 Traffic Cmt AgendaP /z·ä E {w©;Þ7 ©EEz- /z··;; a;;·zm /Ò·©ä /Ò, w7 Ò;7är bÝ;,;© r {w©;Þ7r ab t ta tIt /z·ä /Ò-z /w,;© TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015 5:30 pm Shorewood Council Chambers Committee Members: Facilitator: _____ Susanne Aspley _____ Chris Gehrke _____ Chuck Rickart, WSB Engineer _____ David Cooley _____ Sandy Finke _____ Jeff Coplan _____ Ed Hasek City Staff: _____ Kathy Curry _____ Ken Huskins _____ Teresa Elsbernd _____ John Mohn _____ Larry Brown, Public Works Director _____ Bob Gagne _____ Angela Nelson _____ Paul Hornby, City Engineer _____ Tom Renard _____ Brad Nielsen, Planning Director 1.Approve November 5, 2015 Meeting Minutes 2.County Club Road Safety/Operation/Pedestrians a.Previous Studies b.Smithtown Road intersection c.Yellowstone Trail intersection 3.Next Meeting a.Topics b.Date 4.Adjourn CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB RD TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING SHOREWOOD CITY HALL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 5:00 P.M. MINUTES COMMITTEE MEMBERS: FACILITATOR: Susanne Aspley Sandy Finke Chuck Rickart, WSB Engineer Kathy Curry Ed Hasek Teresa Elsbernd Ken Huskins CITY STAFF Bob Gagne Angela Nelson Larry Brown, Public Works Director Paul Hornby, City Engineer Absent: Dave Cooley, Jeff Coplan, Chris Gehrke, John Moen OTHERS PRESENT: Kris Sundberg, City Councilmember 1. APPROVE OCTOBER 22, 2015 MEETING MINUTES No motion was made to approve minutes. 2. SET GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE Elsbernd stated she thought it might be important to discuss the come up with a mission in order to determine what our purpose is an advisory commission to the City. The role is not to figure out the feasibility of or how discussion might be implemented. Hasek stated the co-chairs need to decide between them who will run a particular mee Elsbernd stated our purpose is to find logical, safe and efficiee residential areas to the main roadways. Hasek stated he believed the purpose was to determine the purpose of particular roadways and what the role of Freeman overscheduled. He stated the most critical thing is everything that has to do with the development. Huskins stated discussion should also center on getting traffic they travel safely through the city without cutting through anot a vehicle is on 19, how to we keep it on 19. Nelson stated we may not be able to do be more important to get vehicles to drive responsibly. Finke hoped to identify a few objectives tonight and separate in a specific area, then come together and share the ideas. Hasek discussed problems ass with that. He encouraged having two groups discussing the same thought it was important if we do break apart into two groups, i done without input from the Planning Commission or City Council. be here. ir ability to come up attend every meeting; she just wants to make sure they have what into two groups to discuss the same subjects. She suggested 4-6 problem areas be identified now, and they be assigned to a par discuss. She stated anything can be suggested from new roadways signalization. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 4 PAGE 2 OF Hasek suggested the roles and mission statement be provided for the next we are citizens which gives us a unique perspective. She stated a mission statement can be sen-mail to everyone. Hasek stated the feedback from tonight can be included. Hornby stated staff can look alternatives brought up by the committee and look at ways to mak them happen. Rickart stated we want to get all the ideas identified first and through each one to dissect and identify any issues. Hasek stated a question he would have is why take right-of-way from properties instead of moving a roadway. Aspley suggested identifying the roads. 3. AREA PLANS A. Area Land Use Plans B. Minnetonka Country Club Concept Plan C. Roadway Functional Classification Network 4. TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ALTERNATIVES BRAINSTORMING Committee members identified the following roadways and associated problems: Highway 41 and Highway 7 intersection delays at the intersection because of the backup, safety ight-of-way. Lake Linden and Yellowstone nowhere, many people would like to see Lake Linden closed. Highway 19 to Country Club Road, roads which access Highway 19, 19. Yellowstone Trail erosion issues and lack of street lighting Eureka Road Hasek request 11 x 17 right-of-way or plat maps for these various areas would be helpful at the meetings. Intersection of Country Club Road and Yellowstone. Intersection of Eureka and Smithtown\ and increase in traffic from the Country Club development. The volume on Smithtown will increase significantl Highway 19 and Glen Road turning off 19 to get onto Glen Road near Xcel Energy. Huskins identified Country Club Road from Smithtown to Yellowstone. The city has indicated is substandard in design and construction. Speeding is a primar of traffic. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 4 PAGE 3 OF Elsbernd summarized the list in order to rate importance: Lake Linden 7 and 41, specifically on the north side Pleasant Road and 19 Yellowstone Trail in general Eureka Road and Freeman Park area Yellowstone Trail and Country Club Road Country Club Road in general Elsbernd asked for suggestions of what will be the priority. Hasek suggested members take time to read the Comprehensive Plan, to read roadway definitions and plans for the future. He read excerpts from the Plan which Plan was written in 2009. Problems were identified then for varroadways. The roadway needs to be addressed immediately as it abuts the development. - way stops. There are major design issues that need to be resolv Gagne stated Country Club Road has always been a problem, and thity will need to spend a ton of money to fix the road. He stated shutting it down is always safety issues if that is done. Huskins stated he believed there will be access onto Country Clu development. Adding 4-way stops was suggested as a way to slow traffic on Country Club Road. Hasek stated making it a 1-way street would also be an option. Widening the streets or add traffic circles were also suggested at Country Club and Smithtow Huskins stated turn lanes going north on Country Club Road turnitown and 19. He stated he would like to look at Country Club Road as one way nor way south. know how possible that would be with wetlands in the area. She also suggested reworking the Cub parking lot in order to add a turn lane. She stated some of never been used from what she could see. She suggested a bike p MMW across Highway 7. Huskins suggested a flyover or pass over road to MMW having to go the 7/41 intersection. Elsbernd suggested devoting the next meeting the roadways surrou development. Rickart suggested a realignment of Count It was suggested Country Club road be dead ended and an access r the development. Hasek suggested those in favor of making a one-way roadway on Country Club Road should spend time before the next meeting studying how it would work an other suggestions such as dead ending the roadway. Elsbernd stating getting traffic onto Smithtown as much as possi TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 4 PAGE 4 OF Hasek believed 4-way stops on Country Club Road are a priority, the road should n the roadway should be striped, and the speed limit should be low should be larger, and there needs to be police enforcement. have a problem with the people who are accessing the shopping ce the ones who travel from one end to the other and do not stop an In response to a question from Hasek, Rickart discussed the natu- way stops. Gagne stated we also need to focus on the needs of the 140 new f Elsbernd stated instead of improving Country Club Road, the road might be better in the middle of the new development. 5. NEXT MEETING A. Topics B. Date Elsbernd suggested the next meeting be in two weeks on November 19 at 5:30 p.m. and keep it to one hour. She suggested delving into ideas suggested this evening. Committee members discussed the number of meetings. Brown state that they need to go back to the City Council to identify the go addressed. Also, is this the group or is there another group that will carry on from this group. He indicated staff will be asking the City Council for t meeting on Monday. Hasek stated he would like to have topo maps provided. Elsbernd more detail than this group needs. Huskins stated at some point, there might need to be a public safety representative present to address those issues. 6. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 6:32 p.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Clare T. Link Recorder