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Mounds View City Council September 23, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 12 • situation. he th n said that last fall the New Bri ton and Mounds View Police De artments S e gh p were out in force to try to slow traffic down. Ms. Livingston commented that even though Sunnyside is on the south side of County Road H, 80% of the children who attend Sunnyside live in the City of Mounds View. She then said she is at the meeting because she sees it every day and is worried about Mounds View children who have to cross County Road H and it will only get worse when children are teetering on snow piles waiting to cross and darting across County Road H to get to the safe side of the street where there is a sidewalk. Ms. Livingston indicated that the school has recorded 70 carpools on County Road H that drive to Sunnyside because they feel they cannot allow their children to walk. She then said that if they could have a sidewalk on the north side of County Road H to get the children to the area by the school and cross them there it may actually improve traffic because there would be fewer crossings. Ms. Livingston commented that parents and the school are asking for a pathway because the situation is an accident waiting to happen. She then said the school social worker was unable to attend the meeting and handed out a letter written by the social worker. Council Member Thomas asked for a dollar figure for the pathway from Silver Lake Road to the • western City limits. Public Works Director Lee indicated the number was $90,500. Council Member Thomas commented that she was concerned with the section from Highway 10 to Edgewood Drive and said that in order to have that section the students are expected to cross there and there is no residential on the north side so they are either coming from the trailer park and walk on the north side so you would have students crossing at Highway 10 to get to Edgewood. She then said that if there were no sidewalk by the commercial properties they would be encouraged to walk on the south side to Edgewood. Council Member Quick indicated he was curious if there are children coming down from the Pinewood area walking down Quincy and crossing 10 and dropping down through the industrial area down to County Road H. Council Member Thomas clarified that students do not have to cross anything and are not paying for buses that go to Sunnyside, who live in the area of Bronson and the Saturn dealership and it would be easier to cross them at H2 and walk down to Edgewood rather than walking through the business district. Mayor Sonterre commented that those paying for busing service are the ones that have to cross • Highway 10.