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Item No. 8G Meeting Date: March 22, 2004 Type of Business: CA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Resolution No. 6212 Authorizing the Preparation of a Preliminary Feasibility Report and Consultant Selection for the Silver Lake Road Sidewalk Project Background: The City’s Pathway Plan was discussed at the February 3, 2003 City Council Work Session. In addition to the pathway along County Road H from Edgewood Drive to the west City limits, the City Council identified four pathway segments they would consider to be a priority. These were: • Along the north side of County Road H2 - from County Road 10 to Program Avenue. • Along the east side of Edgewood Drive - from County Road H2 to Edgewood Middle School. • Along the north side of County Road 10 - adjacent to the wetland area located just southeast of Walgreen’s store. • Along the south side of County Road 10 – from Woodale Drive to the south, connecting into the existing trail. The two segments along County Road 10 were completed in the fall of 2003 as a change order to the County Road H2 Project. On January 5, 2004, Staff discussed the first two segments with the City Council. Staff had investigated both sites. The Edgewood Drive Street segment consisted of a right-of-way width of sixty feet (60’) with Edgewood Drive being forty-six feet (46’) wide measured from back-of-curb to back-of-curb. This left only seven feet (7’) of boulevard on each side. Given these conditions, along with the current obstructions, Staff and the City Council concluded that installing a sidewalk and allowing for adequate snow storage would be extremely problematic for both the City and the adjacent residents without acquisition of additional right-of-way or easements. For these reasons City Council directed the exclusion of Edgewood Drive sidewalk from consideration.