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• City of Mounds View Staff Report • Highway 10 Pedestrian Bridge-Appendices February 21, 1997 Page 2 1995 5/1/95 Consideration of selecting BRW to provide pedestrian bridge services; opportunity to remove storm water pond in coordination with bridge project; appointment of citizen review committee to offer input on design of pedestrian bridge; reference made to using special projects funding for bridge (worksession) 7/10/95 Continued discussion of pedestrian bridge...Letters signed by 33 individuals endorsing the construction of the pedestrian bridge included in packet (regular meeting) 7/18/95 "Funding debate ties up bridge project" (Focus) 7/21/95 Received opinion stating pedestrian bridge is eligible for use of TIF funds from Attorney James O'Meara of Briggs and Morgan 7/24/95 Copy of legal opinion from O'Meara on use of TIF funds for pedestrian bridge provided to City Council 8/1/95 "Support proposed pedestrian bridge in MV" (letter to editor; Focus) 8/16/95 Letter from Planning Commission stating continued support for pedestrian bridge and urging City Council to approve matching funds 8/30/95 "Mounds View seeks money for bridge" (St. Paul Pioneer Press) 9/5/95 Continued discussion of pedestrian bridge over Highway 10; funding options using TIF, partial TIF, no TIF (worksession) 9/7/95 "Mounds View gets a deal on bridge, with one catch" (St. Paul Pioneer Press) 9/14/95 "Tax hike considered to fund bridge construction over Highway 10" (Focus) 9/26/95 "Fate of tax hike rides on bridge support" (Focus) 10/23/95 Discussion of 1996 budget; extensive section on pedestrian bridge (regular meeting) 11/13/95 regular meeting • Resolution No.4843 adopted amending the 1995 general fund budget to pay for the City's portion of the construction of the pedestrian bridge over Highway 10. • Resolution No.4842 adopted awarding the contract to BRW,Inc for the engineering,design and inspection services related to the construction of the pedestrian bridge over Highway 10 • Resolution No.4844 adopted which directed staff to coordinate in conjunction with the pedestrian bridge project the removal of the storm water detention pond at the northwest corner of Highway 10 and Long Lake Road 11/16/95 "Bridging the city;Highway 10 pedestrian walkway funds approved" (Focus) 11/21/95 Contract between BRW and Mounds View for professional engineering services for pedestrian bridge in amount of$62,680 11/22/95 "Highway 10 pedestrian bridge gets go-ahead" (New Brighton Bulletin) 11/27/95 Citizen Comments re: pedestrian bridge; City Council requested legal opinion on whether 4/5 vote needed to for use of interest from special projects fund (regular 11111 meeting)