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RESOLUTION NO. 4227 <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> IIISTATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAILWAYS <br /> SYSTEM POLICY FOR THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> WHEREAS, multi-use trailways is a very popular recreational activity for many <br /> residents of the City of Mounds View; and <br /> WHEREAS, adequate numbers of properly designed trailways increases the safety <br /> of bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists; and <br /> WHEREAS, there is a need to provide trailways on or off of streets to make use <br /> as safe as possible; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is a connector city between trailway <br /> systems of Anoka and Ramsey Counties, and linkages of neighboring communities of <br /> Shoreview, New Brighton, Fridley, Spring Lake Park and Blaine. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View City Council <br /> hereby adopts the following policies as part of a trailways system policy for the City for <br /> the City of Mounds View to help promote safe bicycling: <br /> 0 1. A Trailways Advocacy Group (TAG) be commissioned torovide ongoing advice to <br /> P g g <br /> ensure the development and safe use of trailways in the City. <br /> 2. The TAG shall be made up of trailway users of the City of Mounds View plus <br /> representation from the Parks and Recreation Commission and Planning <br /> Commission. <br /> 3. The TAG shall work with the City Staff and other commissions in consideration of <br /> street and other capital projects as they affect the trailway system map in the short <br /> term. In the long term, the TAG shall help continue to advocate the safe use, <br /> development and maintenance of trailways as per the TAG Goals and Objectives. <br /> 4. The City shall coordinate planning, construction and maintenance of a city-wide <br /> system of trailways, combining on and off-road trails, with the purpose of <br /> developing a networking route of trailways in the City which provide a linkage to <br /> other neighboring trailways. <br /> 5. All new road construction, major street repair and striping on arterial and <br /> connector streets of the City of Mounds View include, wherever feasible and safe, <br /> the provision for appropriately marked trail lanes on one or both sides of the road <br /> • or, where appropriate, off road trails. <br /> 6. Acquisition of land should be considered for the development of trailway corridors <br /> when opportunities arise. <br />