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1 a • l i . F i and south, and that intersection is so dan- I Mounds View seeks gerous for kids,"Trude said. Mayor Jerry Linke said the council has money for bridge until November to decide, when it sets the budget for next year. Orduno said that to get the federal The Mounds money, the bridge has to be completed by the end of 1997. She estimated it would • View City Council �. ,U-,,, „-_,,,4, sd - take about three months to build. is coming to a - = :�;„ Irv, bridge it might have to cross soon. 1 r At a work session "'” i 1 ��1 4 that starts at 6 p.m. t-- x 'l Tuesday at City 7v,...,,,,,,.....,,,,.. Hall, the council ... I9-. P MAA, will discuss the fu- BEN CNANCo . ture of a proposed STAFF WRITER �'�l 1 w.t $600,000 pedestrian n bridge over U.S. 10 9)(tirt at Long Lake Road. More specifically,the council will con- • sider how the city can come up with its share of the cost. A.federal grant will 11' pay for 80 percent of the construction if the city comes up with 20 percent,or $120,000. In addition, the city must pick up $65,000 in architectural design and in- spection fees. City Administrator Samantha Orduno said the council has a self-imposed levy freeze for 1996,so the use of property tax dollars is not an option. She said the options could include the franchise fee on gas and electricity, the recreation activity fund. the park im- a provement fund and tax-increment fi- nancing money. "It's probably going to have to be a combination of different funding sourc- es," Orduno said. Council Member Julie Trude.who sup- , ports the bridge project.said rejecting • the 80 percent federal grant wouldn't make sense. "How can you turn it down. particular- ly since the bridge will connect our north III ,.M