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a UNAPPROVED 1 Mounds View City Council Page Four 2 Regular Meeting August 8, 1994 3 4 D. Consideration of Approval of Improvements to Walkway Easement as 5 Part of Street Repair Project 6 Tim Cruikshank, Acting Administrator, reported that at the City 7 Council Work Session on Monday, August 1, the City Council requested 8 staff look into a funding source for the improvements to three 9 walkway easements to be add ons to the street improvement project. 10 Cruikshank identified the walkways as the walkway easement joining 11 Quincy Street and Adams Street, the Greenfield easement joining the 12 neighborhood with Greenfield Park and the Pleasant View Drive 13 walkway connecting Spring Lake Road neighborhoods. Cruikshank noted 14 that these easements are used by children to access schools, 15 playgrounds and neighborhoods and all of these easements are in need 16 of repair. At the Work Session, Public Works Director Ulrich 17 specified that if these easement improvements could be completed in 18 conjunction with the street repair project they could be done at a 19 lesser cost than if the walkway easement repair was to be a separate 20 project. Cruikshank stated that the bid cost of repair to the three 21 walkway easements is $20, 953 . Cruikshank noted that the easement 22 improvements could be funded through the Franchise Fee Fund. 23 24 Councilmember Quick asked that asphalt be cut under fences so mowing 25 doesn't have to be done in those areas. 26 27 Cruikshank stated that this could be added to the project 28 specifications. 29 30 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Blanchard to Approve Improvements to Walkway 31 Easements as Part of the Street Repair Project 32 33 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 34 35 REPORTS 36 37 1. Report of Councilmembers: 38 39 Councilmember Quick - No report. 40 41 Councilmember Blanchard 42 Blanchard reported that airplanes from Anoka County-Blaine 43 Airport are flying over more frequently, getting larger and 44 flying lower. Blanchard reported that the airplanes are not 45 supposed to descend until they get to County Road J and has 46 noticed they are descending earlier over Highway 10. If 47 residents have complaints regarding the low flying airplanes 48 they should contact Jack Eberlein, Manager of Reliever Airports 49 at 537-2058 . 50 51 Councilmember Wuori commented that the planes are not on 52 their designated flight path, the planes have been coming down 53 10 and turning at the Spring Lake Park Water Tower and they 54 don't belong in that area.