Purpose:
The purpose of this case is to consider revising the name of the north-south street between Sunwood Drive and 147^th Lane from (East) Town Center Drive to Center Street, and to revise the name of the east-west street between Armstrong Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard from East/West Ramsey Parkway to Ramsey Parkway.
 
Background:
Center Street -
The construction of the new street segment between Sunwood Drive and Bunker Lake Boulevard known as Center Street is nearly complete.  Street signs were recently installed per attached plan sheets 33 and 34.  As shown, these signs designate the entire street segment between Sunwood Drive and Bunker Lake Boulevard as “Center Street”.  As part of the project, the two existing “E TOWN CENTER DR” street name sign panels at East Ramsey Parkway were replaced with “Center Street” sign panels, as was the existing “Town Center Dr” street name sign panel north of Bunker Lake Boulevard.  The existing “Town Center Dr” street name sign at 147^th Lane remains and was not replaced as part of the project.  Attached are photos of the existing street name signs along Town Center Drive/Center Street for reference.
 
Staff is seeking a recommendation from the Public Works Committee for replacing the existing “Town Center Dr” street name sign panel at 147^th Lane to “Center Street”, and to add “Center Street” street signs on the south side of the intersection with Bunker Lake Boulevard, and at the intersection with 146^th Avenue.  No street name signs currently exist at these two locations.  Completing this work would change the name of this street from Town Center Drive to Center Street between Sunwood Drive and 147^th Lane.
 
New street name signs can be produced in-house using the City’s sign lab.  Estimated costs for replacing the sign panel at 147^th Lane is $50, and $400 for adding the two new intersection street signs, including posts.  This results in a total estimated cost of $450 for the Center Street sign modifications proposed by staff.  This cost does not include labor.
 
Only one property is address off of East Town Center Drive, the City’s pump house, which will not present a problem if renaming street.    
 
Ramsey Parkway –
The existing street name signs at each of the intersections along East Ramsey Parkway read “E RAMSEY PKWY”.  As the naming convention currently stands, any new signs installed west of Center Street would read “W Ramsey Pkwy”.  Staff proposes to change the street name along this entire corridor to “Ramsey Parkway” by dropping the “East” and “West” designations.  This will simplify addressing properties along this corridor in the future, and will allow people to find their intended destinations easier.  And by doing so now it will reduce the number of address changes required in the future.
 
Currently, 20 residential properties, the Draw, and PACT Charter School are addressed off of East Ramsey Parkway.  If the Public Works Committee recommends changing the name of this street to Ramsey Parkway, staff will contact PACT Charter School to discuss related cost impacts and to address any concerns they may have as related to the name change.  If PACT Charter School approves of the change, staff would propose to contact each of the impacted property owners to notify them of the proposed street name change, and would then follow up by changing all existing street name signs, of which there are nine, to “Ramsey Pkwy”.
 
Again, the new street name sign panels can be produced in-house using the City’s sign lab at an estimated cost of $50 each, resulting in a total estimated cost for replacing the existing sign panels along East Ramsey Parkway of $450.
 
If both street name changes are recommended the total estimated cost to the City would be $900.