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Mounds View City Council February 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 10 Mayor Marty stated in regard to the funding source, the Council has talked about it in the past 1 and does not want an assessment to residents and property owners. He added the Council had 2 talked about funding it entirely with TIF. 3 4 Mayor Marty stated in regard to water retention at Woodcrest Park, there was not have ponding a 5 number of years ago, and the park buildings were always sinking. He commented that it was 6 determined that the piece of property was unusable for any type of structure, and that is why it 7 was converted to a wetland area. Mayor Marty stated by doing so, this created more wetland 8 than what was there, so the City would be given some credits for the wetlands. He stated with 9 the creation of the sidewalk, it is assumed the City would have enough wetland credits so that 10 there would not have to be any additional digging. He stated the City does not plan on building a 11 bigger pond or anything of that sort. 12 13 Councilmember Flaherty stated his initial thought was to put the sidewalk on the east side as a 14 continuation of the existing sidewalks. He stated he did not know if kids will cross to the west 15 side to continue to use the trail or just go down the street. He stated he lives around the area and 16 does see a lot of children on Silver Lake Road and it really is a safety issue. 17 18 Councilmember Flaherty stated he does agree with Ms. Flygare in regard to the safety of walking 19 through the park. He stated it looks nice to go through the wooded areas, but he has concern with 20 people walking into woods. He stated he prefers to continue down Silver Lake Road and pick up 21 County Road I along the sidewalk. 22 23 Director of Public Works Lee stated it is a possibility to keep the sidewalk on the east side of 24 Silver Lake Road. He stated it would probably cost an additional $250,000 more to put the 25 sidewalk through that segment and adjacent to County Road I. 26 27 Councilmember Thomas stated the park closes at 10 p.m. so there is no one there and lights 28 would not help, so she is concerned with residents going through the park. She stated she is 29 leaning more towards the east side. She stated she does not think that any trailways should be 30 discussed without talking about striping the crosswalks. She stated it does not really matter what 31 side it is going to be put on, people are going to be crossing the street. 32 33 Councilmember Gunn stated she also has concerns about residents walking through the park, as 34 there have been some problems with kids and adults hanging out in the woods at night. She 35 asked Police Chief Sommer for his opinion of having the trailway through the woods. 36 37 Police Chief Sommer stated he agrees with the concerns, although it is the perception versus the 38 reality of running into problems. He commented people do have that perception, so it is a valid 39 concern. 40 41 Director of Public Works Lee stated there currently is a trailway system that runs through 42 Silverview Park. 43 44 Councilmember Stigney stated that if there is a sidewalk, he would not want to detour and go 45