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RESOLUTION NO. 4227 . CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION ESTABUSHING A COMPREHENSNE TRAILWAYS SYSTEM POLICY FOR THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW WHEREAS, multi-use trailways is a very popular recreational activity for many residents of the City of Mounds View; and WHEREAS, adequate numbers of properly designed trailways increases the safety of bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists; and WHEREAS, there is a need to provide trailways on or off of streets to make use as safe as possible; and WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a connector city between trailway systems of Anoka and Ramsey Counties, and linkages of neighboring communities of Shoreview, New Brighton, Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Blaine. . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View City Council hereby adopts the following policies as part of a trailways system policy for the City for the City of Mounds View to help promote safe bicycling: 1. A Trailways Advocacy Group (TAG) be commissioned to provide ongoing advice to ensure the development and safe use of trailways in the City. 2. The TAG shall be made up of trailway users of the City of Mounds View plus representation from the Parks and Recreation Commission and Planning Commission. 3. The TAG shall work with the City Staff and other commissions in consideration of street and other capital projects as they affect the trailway system map in the short term. In the long term, the TAG shall help continue to advocate the safe use, development and maintenance of trailways as per the TAG Goals and Objectives. 4. The City shall coordinate planning, construction and maintenance of a city-wide system of trailways, combining on and off-road trails, with the purpose of developing a networking route of trailways in the City which provide a linkage to other neighboring trailways. 5. All new road construction, major street repair and striping on arterial and connector streets of the City of Mounds View include, wherever feasible and safe, the provision for appropriately marked trail lanes on one or both sides of the road . or, where appropriate, off road trails. 6. Acquisition of land should be considered for the development of trailway corridors when opportunities arise.