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• Ms. Trude stated the grant amount is $480,000. The City must come up with <br />209b which is $120,000. Additionally, the engineering fees and the <br />preliminary studies aze $63,000. The total amount of the city's portion is <br />approximately $185,000. <br />Mr. Ruggles stated he understands that the bridge will be designed to allow for <br />wheelchair access. He asked if it is a spiral design. If not, to grade it to a <br />point to make it wheelchair accessible will require a very lengthy ramp. If <br />this is done, will the ramp end up encroaching on other properties? <br />Mayor Linke stated as he understands it, all of it will fit within the Highway <br />10 Right of Way however all of this will be a part of the feasibility studies. <br />Ms. Trude noted that snow removal will be the only ongoing maintenance <br />expense that is anticipated. It will be constructed with a similar material to <br />sidewalks and will be enclosed as state law mandates. <br />Mr. Ruggles asked if the bridge would be open 24 hours per day. He would <br />think there would be concerns about liability if it were. He also asked if <br />anyone has been contacted from the state highway department to see if the <br />lights could be tied in for pedestrian crossing with appropriate signage. <br />Mayor Linke stated yes, they were contacted several yeazs ago and at that time <br />they would not agree to do this. The last time they were in to the council's <br />work session they said they would revisit the issue, but they have not <br />responded. <br />Mr. Ruggles stated he has not seen many people going across that intersection. <br />He goes by the azea all the time. He feels that if the bridge is made <br />wheelchair accessible, it will bring in skateboards and in-line skaters who will <br />use the azea. He just cannot see how a project of this type should be <br />"allowed to fly" . <br />Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated the estimated mazket value of <br />properties is based upon sales comparisons in the area. There are other givens <br />also as people can contest their estimated market value administratively, and <br />then can appeal it after that. <br />Arden Wahlberg, 2642 Lake Court Drive, stated he is against the bridge <br />concept. He hopes that the Council does not think that because no one is <br />stating their opposition, that they aze .for it. That is simply not the case. The <br />school attendance areas are laid out in accordance to having to cross highway <br />10. If coming across the roadway is a serious problem they should get on the <br />bus and ride it rather than walking. He thinks the Central Avenue pedestrian <br />bridge is an eyesore and finds that many of the pedestrians don't cross it, but <br />