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Aft Meeting Date: 8/25/93 Agenda Item: P 2 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: Request to administratively assist the University of Minnesota in reconstructing the sidewalk area on Lot A in the University Grove neighborhood SUBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: At the assessment hearing on the 1993 street project a Grove resident requested that the city contact the university to see if the university is interested in reconstructing the sidewalk along Lot A in the University Grove neighborhood. This sidewalk is the public pathway connecting the University Grove and St. Anthony Park neighborhoods to the old tramway and the golf course. It is frequently used by pedestrians from St. Paul, Falcon Heights and Lauderdale. The sidewalk is in very poor condition. The city does not arrange for the reconstruction of private sidewalks as part of the street project. Typically, property owners interested in replacing their private sidewalks at this time do so independently. Technically the university sidewalk is on private property owned by the university. Since the sidewalk acts like a public walkway serving the community rather than like a private sidewalk serving the individual property owners, city staff contacted the university about its interest in removing and rebuilding this hazardous stretch of concrete during the street reconstruction project when public sidewalks are being reconstructed. The city would not participate in the cost of removal or reconstruction but would arrange for the work to be done as an add -on to the contract. The university expressed an interest in having the sidewalk replaced as part of this project and agreed to be billed for the cost, which is estimated at $1,750. The steps to the golf course are not included in this project because they differ in nature of the concrete work from the sidewalk work and would require special arrangements. ATTACHMENTS: A Map of Lot A in the University Grove ACTION REQUESTED: Approve the arrangement of having the U sidewalk work done as part of the 1993 street project with the cost being charged to the University of Minnesota.