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Mounds View City Council June 14, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 7 Mayor Linke opened the public hearing. 1 2 Lisa Sundae, 7850 Groveland Road, stated she didn’t want a sidewalk and couldn’t afford a 3 sidewalk, and stated a petition had been signed by all the residents on Groveland stating they 4 were against the sidewalk. 5 6 Mayor Linke stated the sidewalk would be part of the City’s trail system. 7 8 Council Member Marty stated the city streets are falling apart because the homeowners had 9 previously voted not to do anything, and unless some action is taken, the whole city is going to 10 look run down. He stated they had to make some hard decisions for the betterment of the entire 11 city. 12 13 Heidi Neumann, 7770 Groveland Road, stated she disagreed with building the sidewalk on 14 Groveland because of safety issues with children potentially crossing the highway at the end of 15 the sidewalk and because the City has not defined how the additional maintenance costs for the 16 sidewalk would be budgeted. 17 18 Public Works Director Lee stated it would cost approximately $320 annually for maintenance of 19 the sidewalk. He stated they would take every step available to try to prevent pedestrians from 20 crossing the highway. 21 22 Council Member Marty stated he was concerned that children would cross Highway 10 at the end 23 of Groveland if a sidewalk were put in, and he stated that it would be better to continue the Silver 24 Lake Road sidewalk/trailway at this time to get people to a controlled intersection. 25 26 Council Member Quick stated you can’t stop people from walking where they want to walk, and 27 he didn’t feel putting the sidewalk in would really affect the amount of traffic crossing Highway 28 10 at that point. 29 30 There was a general discussion about the Groveland sidewalk, and Mayor Linke stated it would 31 be cheaper to put the sidewalk in while the construction people are in the area already. Ms. 32 Neumann again stated the safety concerns. 33 34 Rick Wyatt, 7515 Knollwood Drive, stated his opinion that the sidewalk is not necessary. He 35 asked a question regarding the mailboxes. 36 37 Mayor Linke stated the decision regarding mailboxes was made by the Post Office, who were 38 requiring grouped mailboxes be put in by the City. 39 40 Al Clelland, 3017 Bronson Drive, stated there was no need for a sidewalk on Groveland, and also 41 stated safety concerns for the children. 42 43 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing. 44 45