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City of Little Canada <br />515 =ast Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />1uTy 6, 1944 <br />Tos All Little Canada City Council Members, Parks and Recreation Staff, <br />Employees, Commission Members, and Little Canada Residents. <br />IIpon learning of a proposed bike, walking trail development, earmarked <br />for future consideration; in the area of NSP power line easement west and east <br />of Edgerton St., we find it necessary to provide you with the following <br />information for your consideration. <br />1. Since residents and children's safety is always a priority, •.re find it <br />less than desirable to have these neopSe crossing one of the busiest thoroughfares <br />in Little Canada - Sdgerton ST.. This street is used as an industrial, <br />commercial artery as well as a main traffic link to the suburbs from ST. Paul. <br />7. Thers is already a preexisting bike trail d"oan the side of Edgerton ST. <br />3. A liability issue exists. Would this proposed trail, bringing children <br />and adolesents into an area where iP im3vey on or near the trail,.eg; c33mbing <br />high voltage towersi cause litigation against the city? A city already gorged <br />with enough litigation. <br />4. An issue of maintainence exists. Residents, Homeowners, Landowners; <br />Abuting easment land and owning easement land, have been or have verbal <br />agreements with NSP to cut, mow grass and weeds, keep trash picked up, and <br />generally care for easement or NSP land. Should the City place a bike trail <br />here, is the city then who've call to maintain the lots or will we call NSP7 <br />Many of us have maintained these lots for years. Our consideration has been <br />the enjoyment of the open space abuting or near our land. If that consideration <br />is ruined by a bike trail, our reasons for lot maintainenco wi1T be gone. <br />Page 5 <br />