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Mounds View City Council October 27, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 10 1 Steve Borden of 2009 County Road H indicated he has resigned himself to the fact that there will 2 be a sidewalk and he would like to know if the City is going to remove the snow from the walk. 3 He then asked if the City could provide a written guarantee that snow removal would continue 4 from the sidewalks so that the responsibility does not fall to residents that live along the 5 sidewalk. 6 7 Council Member Quick indicated the City has been removing snow from sidewalks for the last 8 18 years and buys specific equipment to do so. He then explained that this Council could agree 9 never to stop clearing snow from sidewalks but the next Council would have the ability to change 10 that. 11 12 Dave Stimson of 4945 Countryside Drive, Shoreview indicated that, as a School Board Member, 13 he encourages the City to go out for all the bids on County Road H because the School District 14 had to reduce the transportation budget and there are no plans to reinstall bussing even if the levy 15 passes. He then explained that the sun is blinding in the early morning and early afternoon and 16 that makes the situation even more dangerous. 17 18 Jerry Blanski of 2933 Woodale Drive indicated he has no personal gain in this sidewalk only as a 19 concerned citizen for the City but he is here to say he is against the sidewalk. He then indicated 20 that not one Council Member was present at the June 10 information meeting and there was not 21 one resident that was in favor of the sidewalk so the matter should have been dropped at that 22 time. 23 24 Mr. Blanski indicated that bussing is the safest way to get the kids to the school not by adding a 25 sidewalk and he would never let a child of his walk two miles to school unattended in this day 26 and age. 27 28 Mr. Blanski indicated that, if safety really is a concern, he has not heard any follow up on 29 alternatives other than for the City to say that the County is the problem. He then said he agreed 30 with Council Member Gunn that the City needs to work with the District and the County. He 31 further commented that traffic is the biggest problem and a second sidewalk is not going to 32 reduce the speed but blinking lights and a few radar patrolled signs followed up with some 33 speeding tickets may do so. 34 35 Mr. Blanski indicated that there would be 33 additional driveways that would cross the sidewalk 36 and add that to the 12 in New Brighton there would be 45 driveway crossings and the 55 Alive 37 driving course indicates that a person should always park such that you can pull out forward 38 because going backward is an accident waiting to happen. 39 40 Mr. Blanski indicated that one can and should train a child to cross at an intersection but cannot a 41 child to look at 45 driveways and assess and avoid the possible dangers. He then said that 42 County Road I is wide open with very few residence driveways and those that there are have 43 turnarounds so that they can cross the sidewalk going forward but County Road H has a lot of 44