(21:22) Eric - No. I imagine that residents would like to have the convenience of street parking. So <br />there’s the “bonus” of having the parking there and the “bonus” of having the parked cars act as a <br />traffic calming measure. People are going to go slower when cars are parked on Capital. But also, <br />will they go slow because it’s too congested? As of now there are no plans to remove street parking. <br />Even if it happens in the future, it wouldn’t be a part of this (approval) process. <br />Paul - Some of the material claims that a road at 20 ft. meets city standards for two-way traffic and <br />a road at 21 ft. meets city standards for two-way traffic with parking on one side at most, so how do <br />you square continuing to allow parking with meeting the standard? The standards don’t allow <br />parking. <br />(22:57) Eric - At the time the road was constructed, it met city standards. If we were to go in today <br />and construct a new road we wouldn’t build it the way that it was built, but it was acceptable at the <br />time. Our local street standards became effective in 1999 or 2000 and there were lots and lots of <br />roads in the city that were built before that that would be obsolete in that regard, but they still <br />function. <br />(23:33) Paul - That’s true, but how do you meet the criteria in sub (6) and sub (5)(b) that requires <br />safe bicycle and pedestrian access? How do you square that with not having a road that meets <br />current standards when that’s a requirement for the PUD to be allowed? So you have a changed <br />condition and I don’t believe that there’s any law that says that because the street was in place, the <br />PUD can be allowed with an unsafe access. I think that’s contradictory. It’s been determined that <br />that’s not true. Your explanation would be fine if people were talking about conditions on Capital <br />Drive, but they’re not. They’re talking about conditions that need to be met in order to have safe <br />access to the PUD. If you’ve got some law, I think you should cite it. <br />(24:32) Massoud - At the time the road was built, the standards were not required and there were no <br />developments coming up with 50 or so units. (Actual maximum number of units is 37.) When you <br />say parking allowed on one side to accommodate (the neighborhood) or as traffic calming for a <br />street with a 12 to 14 foot width, I don’t think they mean that you need any additional traffic calming. <br />It just functions poorly. Even if you have two cars going toward each other, one still has to pull to <br />one side to allow the other to go by, assuming they can find a spot to do so. It’s a contradictory <br />statement, as was pointed out. At the time of approval (of the street standards) there were no <br />developments at the top of the hill. <br />15.(25:34) Who is responsible for damage to the road network by the heavy trucks? <br />Eric - In general, the City. For specific damage relating to construction of the PUD – the contractor. <br />It’s somewhat difficult to prove; you have to catch them in the act of damaging something to prove <br />that they did it. <br />Faris - But if it’s multiple construction vehicles, heavy logging trucks… <br />Eric - Yes, that’s something that we consider in our pavement design. As you know, Capital Drive <br />was repaved last year. We looked at the existing structure before we repaved it and then we did our <br />reconstruction of it. Something that is considered is existing zoning and land uses along that <br />corridor, so it’s designed to handle construction activity. Obviously it’s not designed for an <br />excavator to tip over or some freak accident. <br />Faris - So you reconstructed the roadbed so it can handle logging trucks? <br />Eric - Yes. <br />Massoud - Would there be a survey (assessment) of the road conditions before and after the PUD <br />construction? <br />Eric - No, that’s not something that we require. <br />Faris- could we request it? <br />Eric - I’m not familiar with anything in our code that could require that. <br />Massoud - I’ve worked in Washington County and other places where, when there is a major <br />development coming and Public Works anticipates a lot of heavy truck traffic going back and forth <br />for a year or so, they do an assessment of the road condition. There are multiple categories they can <br /> <br />