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