Adopt Resolution #21-024 Prohibiting Parking on Riverdale Drive between Feldspar Street and Sunfish Lake Boulevard for Improvement Project #21-00

Purpose:
The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #21-024 prohibiting parking of motor vehicles at all times on the north side of Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard to comply with Municipal State Aid requirements as related to Improvement Project #21-00.  

Background:
City of Ramsey Improvement Project #21-00 proposes to reconstruct approximately 2,925 lineal feet (0.55 miles) of Riverdale Drive between Feldspar Street and Sunfish Lake Boulevard.
 
The overall width of Riverdale Drive is proposed to be reduced 10-feet throughout the corridor, resulting in a total width of 34-feet from face-of-curb to face-of-curb. To accomplish this, two existing 6-foot wide on-street bike lanes on the west end of Riverdale Drive are proposed to be removed, along with on-street parking lanes along the north side. An 8-foot wide on-street parking lane will be provided along the south side of Riverdale Drive to accommodate over-flow parking for adjacent properties.
 
The existing 10-foot wide off-street bituminous trail north of Riverdale Drive that terminates approximately 300 feet east of Dolomite Street is proposed to be extended to Feldspar Street. This will allow pedestrians and bicyclists to use the off-street trail, which will be separated from Riverdale Drive by a boulevard ranging between 6 and 8-feet wide that will better accommodate snow storage and reduce drifting of snow along the corridor, compared to the existing 0 to 2-foot wide boulevard.
 
Riverdale Drive is part of the City’s Municipal State Aid Street (MSAS) system and is therefore subject to the requirements of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) State Aid Division. MnDOT’s State Aid Division requires that a City pass a parking prohibition resolution 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 must submit the plans to MnDOT State Aid for review and approval prior to advertising for bids. Since the proposed improvements do not provide adequate width for parking on both sides of Riverdale Drive, approval of the proposed street improvements as a Municipal State Aid project must be conditioned upon a parking ban resolution.
 
Upon adopting the attached resolution, parking will be prohibited at all times on the north side of Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard to comply with Municipal State Aid requirements as related to Improvement Project #21-00.   

No notifications are required for this case.  

Observations:
In a separate case on tonight’s regular City Council agenda, Council will consider approving plans and specifications and authorizing advertisements for bids for City Improvement Project #21-00. An executed parking prohibition resolution must be submitted to MnDOT State Aid before the State Aid Engineer will approve and sign the construction plans, which is necessary to allow the project to be advertised for bids.  

Alternatives:
Alternative #1 – Adopt Resolution #21-024 to prohibit the parking of motor vehicles at all times on the north side of Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard, State Aid Route No. 199-108-020 from Feldspar Street NW to Dolomite Street NW, and State Aid Route No. 199-108-030 from Dolomite Street NW to Sunfish Lake Boulevard.  

No costs are associated with this case, other than the time Staff spent preparing the case and Resolution.  

Staff recommends adopting the attached resolution to prohibit the parking of motor vehicles at all times on the north side of Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard to comply with Municipal State Aid requirements as related to Improvement Project #21-00.  

Motion to adopt Resolution #21-024 to prohibit the parking of motor vehicles at all times on the north side of Riverdale Drive NW between Feldspar Street NW and Sunfish Lake Boulevard, State Aid Route No. 199-108-020 from Feldspar Street NW to Dolomite Street NW, and State Aid Route No. 199-108-030 from Dolomite Street NW to Sunfish Lake Boulevard.