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Mounds View City Council June 14, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 7 • informing them of the overall plan. He stated they anticipate a June 22"d construction start date. He stated he didn't anticipate them starting to rip up the streets until after July 4~'. Public Works Director Lee stated there had been a delay of three weeks because of issues with the Rice Creek Watershed District, which have been worked out as laid out in the staff report. One of the issues included a change order to add in water quality items. Public Works Director Lee stated the requested action from the City Council would be to hold the assessment hearing, to award the base bid, to award Bid Alternates 1 and 2, and to adopt a special assessment levy. Mayor Linke opened the public hearing. Lisa Sunde, 7850 Groveland Road, stated she didn't want a sidewalk and couldn't afford a sidewalk, and stated a petition had been signed by all the residents on Groveland stating they were against the sidewalk. Mayor Linke stated the sidewalk would be part of the City's trail system. Council Member Marty stated the city streets are falling apart because the homeowners had previously voted not to do anything, and unless some action is taken, the whole city is going to look run down. He stated they had to make some hard decisions for the betterment of the entire city. • Heidi Neumann, 7770 Groveland Road, stated she disagreed with building the sidewalk on Groveland because of safety issues with children potentially crossing the highway at the end of the sidewalk and because the City has not defined how the additional maintenance costs for the sidewalk would be budgeted. Public Works Director Lee stated it would cost approximately $320 annually for maintenance of the sidewalk. He stated they would take every step available to try to prevent pedestrians from crossing the highway. Council Member Marty stated he was concerned that children would cross Highway 10 at the end of Groveland if a sidewalk were put in, and he stated that it would be better to continue the Silver Lake Road sidewalk/trailway at this time to get people to a controlled intersection. Council Member Quick stated you can't stop people from walking where they want to walk, and he didn't feel putting the sidewalk in would really affect the amount of traffic crossing Highway 10 at that point. There was a general discussion about the Groveland sidewalk, and Mayor Linke stated it would be cheaper to put the sidewalk in while the construction people are in the area already. Ms. Neumann again stated the safety concerns. •