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Item No. 8 <br />Meeting Date: January 5, 2004 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: 2004 Trailway / Sidewalk Implementation Plan <br /> <br />Background: <br />The City’s Pathway Plan was discussed at the February 3, 2003 City Council <br />Work Session. In addition to the pathway along County Road H from Edgewood <br />Drive to the west City limits, the City Council identified four pathway segments <br />they would consider to be a priority. These were: <br /> <br />• Along the north side of County Road H2 - from County Road 10 to <br />Program Avenue. <br />• Along the east side of Edgewood Drive - from County Road H2 to <br />Edgewood Middle School. <br />• Along the north side of County Road 10 - adjacent to the wetland area <br />located just southeast of Walgreen’s store. <br />• Along the south side of County Road 10 – from Woodale Drive to the <br />south, connecting into the existing trail. <br /> <br />The two segments along County Road 10 were completed in the fall of 2003 as a <br />change order to the County Road H2 Project. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Staff would like to discuss the first two segments with the City Council. Staff has <br />investigated both sites. The Edgewood Drive Street segment consists of a right- <br />of-way width of sixty feet (60’) with Edgewood Drive being forty-six feet (46’) wide <br />measured from back-of-curb to back-of-curb. This leaves only seven feet (7’) of <br />boulevard on each side. Given these conditions, along with the current <br />obstructions, installing a sidewalk and allowing for adequate snow storage would <br />be extremely problematic for both the City and the adjacent residents without <br />acquisition of additional right-of-way or easements. <br /> <br />The County Road H2 segment is somewhat more accommodating for a sidewalk <br />or pathway. The northerly boulevard is twenty-three feet (23’) in width at Jackson <br />Drive and to the east. West of Jackson Drive the boulevards tapers down to <br />seventeen feet (17’) in width.