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Mounds View City Council July 14, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 7 lose the right to park in the driveway could potentially sue the City for being deprived of the use 1 of their property and that could be a big cost impact to the City. 2 3 Mayor Linke asked the City Attorney to comment on the use of the County right-of-way. 4 5 City Attorney Vose indicated that it would be difficult to comment definitively as he does not 6 have all of the information but said that he feels there is relatively little risk to the City in this 7 matter. 8 9 Angela Olson of 5046 Longview Drive brought up that the plan does not budget for replacement 10 of trees and they were told that trees were to be replaced. She then said that the City has 150 11 trees to replace on her property line. She then said that she has heard of other cities that have had 12 to replace lost privacy so she is asking the City to put a privacy fence on her property. 13 14 Public Works Director Lee explained that tree replacement only applies to trees that may be 15 removed or damaged that are on private property not within the right-of-way. 16 17 Ms. Olson indicated that at the informational meeting residents were told that trees lost would be 18 replaced and it was not specified that those trees had to be on their property. 19 20 Council Member Quick commented that if there is root damage to a tree on private property due 21 to work in the right-of-way and that tree dies it would be removed and replaced by the City. 22 23 Deb _____ of 5046 Long Lake Road indicated that her driveway is one of the ones that would be 24 cut in half and she has not gotten any response from the City as to what to do about that. 25 26 Council Member Stigney asked the City Attorney to comment on the driveway issue. 27 28 City Attorney Vose indicated he did not have all the specific facts but said that the right-of-way 29 is dedicated to uses including streets and sidewalks and is not to be used for private parking. He 30 then commented that residents seem to be making political claims on Council attention but that is 31 not the legal issue as the right-of-way is intended for streets and sidewalks and is not owned by 32 the private property owners. 33 34 Elizabeth Shelberg 5045 Rainbow Lane indicated she feels the sidewalk will make things less 35 safe because drivers will have to stop at the sidewalk and check for pedestrians and then try to 36 get out on H that is already very difficult to do. She then said she has seen adults having trouble 37 crossing the street and she does not think it is a good idea to have the children crossing. She 38 further commented that she feels that someone is going to get hurt with this proposal. 39 40 Michael Maroni of 5045 Brighton Lane commented that County Road H has gotten very busy in 41 the last 13 years that he has lived here and he feels it is dangerous to route children along a busy 42 street. He then said the City should reconsider whether it is a good idea to have children walking 43 along a street that has 6000 cars driving on it and whether it is prudent to spend half a million 44 dollars on this sidewalk. 45