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Mounds View City Council October 27, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 14 that the County may pay a portion of that project, approximately 25%. He further commented 1 that this message was passed onto the City Administrator and Public Works Director Lee for 2 follow up. 3 4 Council Member Marty indicated he has had calls from a number of residents who stated that 5 schools may close if the referendum does not pass and, if it does not pass, there will be census 6 studies and focus groups to work on cuts and make a determination of what schools to close. 7 8 Council Member Marty indicated that he talked to the school resource officer and Police Chief 9 who agree that even if there was a sidewalk there they would still recommend that the kids cut 10 through the neighborhoods and that is due, in large part, to the volume of traffic on County Road 11 H. He then commented that Onan has shifts that coincide with school opening and release times 12 and the police are concerned with safety issues and prefer that the kids cut through the 13 neighborhoods and stay away from County Road H. 14 15 Council Member Marty indicated that all grants were given out for 2003 and so the City should 16 start now looking at grants for 2004 so the opportunities are not missed. 17 18 Mr. Sonterre commented that it always pains him to agree with Council Member Marty but those 19 were his words as referenced in the minutes but he said he used “ifs” and “ors” and the 20 information was provided to him through Commissioner Bennett’s office and that was received 21 from Dan Solar which was presented to him as an “if” and there were no plans for at least 5 or 6 22 years. He then said that he hopes Council considers all three options this year and consider the 23 grants and asked Council Member Gunn to consider taking the lead with negotiations with the 24 County. He further commented that there has to be an approved project and matching funds to 25 obtain grants. 26 27 Kent Reed of 2833 County Road H indicated that he is concerned because there appears to be an 28 underlying feeling that building the sidewalk will keep everyone safe and that is not the case. He 29 then said he is not opposed to sidewalks but he is concerned because the real issue is getting kids 30 across the street and he would like to see this as an overall larger project to increase safety at the 31 schools. 32 33 Mr. Reed indicated that he used to live in Milwaukee and there was a similar situation and it was 34 resolved by using private consultants to research pedestrian and vehicle traffic and provide a 35 comprehensive plan that looks at the whole picture for safety. He then said he would like to see 36 the City spend a little bit of money on research the safety factors before spending $350,000 on a 37 stretch of sidewalk that will not improve safety. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Quick. To Amend to Include a Separate Bid for the Segment from 40 Silver Lake Road to Knollwood. 41 42 Council Member Quick asked for clarification as to whether it is the literal City limits or Pleasant 43 View. 44 45