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Item No. 6 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business 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: Construction of a Pathway on County Road H <br />from Edgewood Drive to the West City Limits <br /> <br />Meeting Date: October 7, 2002 <br /> <br />Background: <br />On September 23, 2002, the City Council approved Resolution 5841. This <br />approved Change Order No. 1 for the County Road H2 Street Project that <br />authorized construction of a pathway on County Road H from Old Highway 8 to <br />Edgewood Drive. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />The Council wishing to explore the cost of providing a pathway on the north side <br />of County Road H directed staff to continue on with the development of a <br />feasibility report and cost estimates for a pathway that would extend from <br />Edgewood Drive to the west City limits. <br /> <br />The pathway associated with Change Order No. 1 from Old Highway 8 to <br />Edgewood Drive will be ten (10) foot wide constructed of bituminous. Since this <br />particular pathway will be part of the County’s regional trail system, it needed to <br />meet the County’s specifications. This is not the case for the proposed segment <br />from Edgewood Drive to the West City Limits. <br /> <br />The right-of-way along this segment of County Road H is limited and the <br />boulevard is littered with obstructions. For this reason, three pathway cross <br />sections were explored: <br />Scenario 1 – Five (5) foot concrete walkway <br />Scenario 2 – Six and one-half (6 ½) foot concrete walkway <br />Scenario 3 – Eight (8) foot bituminous pathway <br /> <br />Scenario 1– Five (5) foot concrete walkway <br />A five (5) foot concrete walkway is fairly typical. It is the cross section chosen by <br />New Brighton on the south side of County Road H. It offers the capability of being <br />installed in areas where space is a minimum. It also offers the longevity of <br />concrete. Draw backs are the initial costs and the fact that the City of Mounds <br />View currently does not have a piece of equipment for snow removal from this <br />narrow of a walkway. <br />