Adopt Resolution #18-076 Prohibiting Parking on Puma Street NW, from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW to Alpine Drive NW, for Improvement Project #18-05

Purpose:
The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #18-076 prohibiting parking of motor vehicles at all times on both sides of Puma Street NW from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) to Alpine Drive NW to comply with Municipal State Aid requirements.

Background:
City Improvement Project #18-05 proposes surface improvements to Puma Street NW, from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) to Alpine Drive NW, and to Bunker Lake Boulevard NW, from Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) to Puma Street NW.  Both streets are proposed to be reconstructed at 40-foot wide with no parking lanes along either side.  Both streets will serve as collector routes so parking restrictions have always been anticipated.
 
Both streets are part of the City of Ramsey’s Municipal State Aid Street (MSAS) system and are therefore subject to the requirements of Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) State Aid Division.  MnDOT’s State Aid Division requires that a City pass parking restriction resolutions whenever parking is restricted along one or both sides of any portion of an improved MSAS street.
 
Bolton & Menk completed final plans and specifications for the proposed improvements and now must submit them to the MnDOT State Aid for review.  Since the proposed street improvements do not provide adequate width for parking on either side of Bunker Lake Boulevard NW and Puma Street NW, approval of the proposed street improvements as a Municipal State Aid project must be conditioned upon a parking restriction resolution.  Upon adopting the attached resolution, parking will be prohibited at all times on both sides of Puma Street NW, from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW to Alpine Drive NW.

No notifications are required for this case.

Observations:
Staff anticipates requesting City Council approval of final plans and specifications and authorization to advertise for bids on May 8, 2018.  An executed parking restriction resolution must be submitted to MnDOT State Aid before they will approve/sign the project construction plans, which is necessary to allow the project to be bid.

Alternatives:
Alternative #1 – Adopt Resolution #18-076 to ban the parking of motor vehicles at all times on both sides of Puma Street NW, State Aid Route No. 199-109-006, from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) to Alpine Drive NW.

There are no costs associated with this case.

Staff recommends adopting the attached resolution to ban the parking of motor vehicles at all times on both sides of Puma Street NW as related to City Improvement Project #18-05.

Motion to adopt Resolution #18-076 to ban the parking of motor vehicles at all times on both sides of Puma Street NW, State Aid Route No. 199-109-006, from Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) to Alpine Drive NW.