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Item No. //A Staff Report No. q7- /979e. Meeting Date: February 24, 1997 • Type of Business: Council Business WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Status Report on Pedestrian Bridge Date of Report: February 22, 1997 Issue: At the City Council meeting on February 10, 1997, staff provided a status report on the pedestrian bridge proposed to cross Highway 10 at the Long Lake Road intersection. A number of issues were raised with respect to this project, which are noted in the discussion section of this report, and the discussion was continued to this meeting on February 24. It is our understanding that City Council intends to reach a conclusion at the February 24 meeting on how to proceed with this project. Discussion: The issues mentioned at the February 10 meeting are noted below. In addition,Mayor McCarty • has provided a memorandum to the City Council and the Clerk Administrator with a series of questions (see Attachment 1). The issues raised by these questions are included in the list below as well. The questions have been grouped by topic. Public Notice and Participation • What was extent of written record for and scope of meetings held on the pedestrian bridge, in particular before Resolution 4843 passed which established sources of funding for local share? • Were there any other special purpose committees in addition to Trailways Advocacy Group involved in project? • Were there any"pre-decision"pedestrian bridge meetings noticed as broad based public hearings, in keeping with the spirit and intent of Section 8.04 Subd. 2 of the City Charter? Written Record and Scope of Meetings: Staff has assembled a chronology of the events associated with the pedestrian bridge, beginning with the adoption of Resolution No. 4227 establishing a Comprehensive Trailways System Policy on May 11, 1992 and continuing to now. Most of the events occur in 1994-1996. This chronology is listed in Appendix A. Every effort was made to make sure it was complete, but we did have time constraints in doing the research. The chronology lists worksession and meetings, with the topics discussed, resolutions and motions passed, and news articles which appeared in the local and metropolitan newspapers. Appendix E includes copies of all the staff reports, resolutions and minutes from the meetings referred to in the chronology. No minutes are kept for worksessions. We were not able to do an 1110 extensive analysis of what this list represents in terms of public notice and participation. We assume that all regular meetings of the City Council were noticed in accordance with the Open