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Neighborhood Meeting – The Neighborhood Meeting was conducted at 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at the Mounds View Community Center. Twenty-eight people attended. Attached, as Exhibit E, is a copy of the sign-in sheet. Attached, as Exhibit F, is a map indicating the addresses of the property owners who attended the Neighborhood Meeting and signed in. Fifteen (15) of the eighteen (18) addresses on the sign-in sheet were from properties that would be adjacent to the proposed sidewalk. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a brief presentation, followed by a question and answer session. Staff preformed the presentation. A copy of the presentation notes are attached as Exhibit G. The main question that was posed was, “Why construct a sidewalk on the north side when one already exists on the south side?” Staff explained the following three general reasons why the north side was been considered. School Issues – There are currently 44 elementary students who live north of County Road H and walk to Sunnyside School. However, a total of 122 elementary students live north of County Road H. Without the pathway, students walk south to County Road H and must make a decision to cross at the point, which may not have crossing guards, or walk along the shoulder of County Road H until they come to a crossing point controlled by crossing guards. Another consideration was the proximity of this proposed sidewalk to both Sunnyside Elementary School and Edgewood Middle School. County Road H Characteristics – The traffic volumes for County Road H increased nearly 50% from 4300 vehicles per day in 1997 to 6300 in 2001 (2003 data is not yet available). Neighborhood interconnections and the provision of safe pedestrian corridors – “Providing the highest level of safety possible to ensure the health and welfare of the pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist” was a goal and objective in the Trailway Proposal, created by the Trailway Advocacy Group in 1992, and included in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Of the twenty-eight (28) people attending the meeting, Staff estimates that about twenty (20) were opposed to the sidewalk proposal or seriously doubted its need or cost- effectiveness. The remaining eight (8) (approximately) were in favor of the pathway. Representatives of the school district and Sunnyside Elementary School also attended the meeting. Comments received at the neighborhood meeting are included in the “Feedback” section below. Feedback – Feedback forms (Exhibit B) were included with the notice for the neighborhood meeting. They were also available at the meeting. As of 4:30 P.M. Thursday, June 19, 2003, City Staff has received a total of seventy-two (72) returned feedback forms, emails, letters, and voicemails. A summary of the Feedback forms are included as Exhibit H. Please note that this summary is based on Staff’s interpretation of the feedback forms received. It is recommended by Staff that the City Council read each and every piece of feedback received as part of this information campaign. This is attached as Exhibit I. As part of the summary, feedback forms were noted either in favor