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2396 Clerk Strandquist read Attorney Galvin's letter of June 23rd and from attorney's letter of July 6 which outlined Minnesota Statutes regarding walk- ways. Nilsen: I would like to raise this question. For a long t_me I have felt that certain areas are shy of sidewalks... I do not say that all streets should be sidewalk-ed, but certain areas near schools and recreation should be afforded a minimum of protection. For instance - I~arpenteur Avenue. It would appear to me that the village should consider sidewalks on streets such as Larpenteur Avenue - we cannot continue to ignore the fact that this community does need sidewalks in some places. These children who go to school or church, the traffic on Garden is pretty heavy. It occurs to me that we ought to consider the need for sidewalks. I would think that one of the streets bearing the highest prior- ity would be Garden Avenue from Snelling to Hamline. Brown: I would agree to that as a second alternative. You say we are relegating it to a thoroughfare. I don't think it can be both a nice place to live and a nice place to drive. It is avoiding a traffic problem and I don't think it is solving the basic prob lem, - traffic. Nilsen: We have received no reply from the Highway Department - but we Dave recommended, and preliminary plans have been drawn up for solutions for Larpenteur Avenue traffic. It's been a matter of a year already and we had hoped to have this solved. Garden Avenue is a State Aid Street. The Village Council wants streets maintained as village streets, but we don`t have full jurisdiction over all the streets. Warkentien: Mr. Beardsley, you told me about the uses of the walk- way and for that reason I sent out the Police Depart- ment to see how many - this was done before any pub- licity was given on this.. We were told that there weren't many children using it. There was exchange of conversation as to how many children use this walkway each day. Mayor: This is no indication to me that anything further would be served at this meeting. Apparently in 1G61 we didn't arrive at any solution. At this time there shall be further study of this and council will make decision. Beardsley: I would suggest that the council act on our petition. I think we have brought out anything that is pertinent. Nilsen; I think this problem of maintenance should be consid- ered. Every home owner maintains his boulevard.. I would want the attorney's opinion as concerns public walkways, by their property. If it is the respons~.bil- ity of the property owner to maintain and if the city or i~ J ~J