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04-17-2018 City Council Study Session Packet City of Grand Island Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Study Session Packet City Council: Linna Dee Donaldson Michelle Fitzke Chuck Haase Julie Hehnke Jeremy Jones Vaughn Minton Mitchell Nickerson Mike Paulick Roger Steele Mark Stelk Mayor: Jeremy L. Jensen City Administrator: Marlan Ferguson City Clerk: RaNae Edwards 7:00 PM Council Chambers - City Hall 100 East 1st Street, Grand Island, NE 68801 Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 1 / 10 City of Grand Island Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Call to Order This is an open meeting of the Grand Island City Council. The City of Grand Island abides by the Open Meetings Act in conducting business. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is displayed in the back of this room as required by state law. The City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by state law. Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call A - SUBMITTAL OF REQUESTS FOR FUTURE ITEMS Individuals who have appropriate items for City Council consideration should complete the Request for Future Agenda Items form located at the Information Booth. If the issue can be handled administratively without Council action, notification will be provided. If the item is scheduled for a meeting or study session, notification of the date will be given. B - RESERVE TIME TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS This is an opportunity for individuals wishing to provide input on any of tonight's agenda items to reserve time to speak. Please come forward, state your name and address, and the Agenda topic on which you will be speaking. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 2 / 10 City of Grand Island Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Study Session Item -1 Discussion Regarding On Street Parking and Street Widths Staff Contact: Chad Nabity Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 3 / 10 Council Agenda Memo From:Regional Planning Commission Meeting:April 17, 2018 Subject:Street Widths and on Street Parking Presenter(s):Chad Nabity, AICP Planning Director Background In 2014 the Grand Island City Council adopted revised street standards and typical street cross sections Addendum C to Chapter 33 of the Grand Island City Code. These new standards specifically allowed public street widths narrower than the 37’ standard street with restrictions on parking. Since 2014 some of these narrower streets have been built and others have been approved with parking limited to one side of the street. City staff is concerned that long term this will create enforcement issues. Discussion City staff is recommending the following changes to Chapters 33 and 36 to address concerns with street widths and parking. Remove Appendix C from the Subdivision Regulations and replace it with the Street Width Matrix. Appendix C was adopted by Council as the street standards for the City of Grand Island in 2014. The typical street standards regulated by Appendix C, including the preferred location for utilities and sidewalks will be maintained and enforced by the Grand Island Public works department as plans for new streets are submitted for engineering approval. The Street Width Matrix will provide guidance to and options for developers regarding allowable street widths in various zoning districts along with street parking availability within those districts based on the street width. Along with these changes City Staff is recommending that the Yard Requirements and Off Street Parking Requirements be amended to specify that residential units with garages facing the street need to have a minimum setback from the garage door to the property line of 25 feet to allow a vehicle to be parked on the driveway without overhanging the public right of way. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 4 / 10 Some communities allow parking on both sides of the street on narrower streets. This creates issues for maintaining a 20’ fire lane. For fire safety and access it is necessary to maintain at least a 20’ lane. A 32’ wide street with parking on one side allows for at least a 24’ wide fire lane. Kearney has recently approved changes to allow 32’ wide streets with parking on both sides provided the driveways to the houses are offset in such a manner that parking is not allowed on both sides of the street at the same location. This maintains a 24’ fire lane and allows parking on both sides of the street. This does require that the developer commit to where the driveways will be placed on the lots at the time of platting and street design. The example below shows how this can work and provide parking on both sides of the street and maintain the required widths for emergency access. The street width matrix shown below would become part of the Subdivision regulations if adopted and would dictate widths and what parking is allowed. The proposal would require that developers who want to build 32 foot streets specify where the driveways will fall on each lot at the time of subdivision to insure that the minimum fire lane can be maintained. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 5 / 10 Street Width Matrix Paving WidthZone26'30'32'37'40'41'65' AG-1 Primary Agricultural Zone AG-2 Secondary Agricultural Zone AG-SC Special Agricultural / Conservation Zone AG-SE Special Agricultural / Events Zone AG-SI Special Agricultural / Industrial Zone SRC Special Recreation / Conservation Zone TA Transitional Agricultural Zone Subject to Design Review LLR Large Lot Residential Zone SP -P P --- R-1 Suburban Residential Zone --P SP -SP*- R-2 Low Density Residential Zone --P SP -SP*- R-3 Medium Density Residential Zone --P P -P*- R-3SL Small Lot Residential Zone P -P P -P*- R-4 High Density Residential Zone P -P P -P - RO Residential Office Zone P --SP -SP*- B-1 Light Business Zone -----SP SP* B-2 General Business Zone -----SP SP* AC Arterial Commercial Overlay Zone -----SP SP* B-3 Heavy Business Zone -----SP SP* ME Industrial Estates Zone -SP --SP*-- M-1 Light Manufacturing Zone -SP --SP*-- M-2 Heavy Manufacturing Zone -SP --SP*-- M-3 Mixed Use Manufacturing Zone -SP --SP*-- CD Commercial Development Zone TD Travel Development Zone RD Residential Development Zone A Airport Zone GCO Gateway Corridor Overlay District M and MD Manufactured Home Overlay Zone Subject to Design Review SP Follow standard cross section plan. P Designed Residential *Wider street width required by subdivision committee on streets acting as collectors/arterials -Street width not allowed in this zoning class. Note: There may be exceptions in certain situations. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 6 / 10 Designed Residential Development Driveway widths restricted on average lot width. Lot Width Max Driveway Width 100’+ - 71’36' wide 70'-51'24' wide 50’-min 12’ wide 12' wide Widths don’t include flare per standard driveway detail Flare must occur on lot on which driveway is serving Driveway location must be planned and approved by subdivision committee. This would include staggered locations to allow for 20’ of clear zone for fire and emergency vehicles while moving down the street. Off street parking per dwelling must be considered with design. The second change suggested would require that overhead doors for residential garages set back a minimum of 25 feet, at least one car length from the property. The example below shows how this could work in an R4 High Density zoning district with an attached garage, without a garage and with a detached garage. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 7 / 10 The Regional Planning Commission discussed these proposed changes at their February meeting and recommended approval of them after a public hearing at their March meeting. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 8 / 10 City of Grand Island Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Study Session Item -2 Presentation of OpenGov Budget Tool Staff Contact: William Clingman Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 9 / 10 Council Agenda Memo From:William Clingman, Interim Finance Director Meeting:April 17, 2018 Subject:Presentation on the OpenGov Budget Tool Presenter(s):William Clingman, Interim Finance Director Background On November 7, 2017 a presentation was given to the City Council about the OpenGov budget tool that the City was looking to purchase. On November 14, 2017 the purchase of the OpenGov software was approved. Discussion The OpenGov platform that the City of Grand Island purchased back in 2017 provides two basic reports, the budgeting platform and the budget book tool. The two basic report are the Budget Milestone Report and Budget to Actual Reports. The focus of the presentation will be a review of these two reports, primarily the budget to actual report. This presentation will also provide a brief overview of the OpenGov budget tool that City staff will use for the 2018-2019 budget year. City Council members will be given read access to the proposed budget once it has been reviewed by City administration. The final step of the OpenGov budget process will be to create the budget book that will be provided to the public and City Council. This is in the process of being created and it will not be ready to present until approximately July 2018. Grand Island Study Session - 4/17/2018 Page 10 / 10