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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 9, 1997 • Page 6 1 lighting which would cost approximately $126,000. State-Aid Funding could be used for this 2 enhancement if the lighting poles and fixtures are City standard units. 3 Mr. Solar stated another possibility is the addition of sidewalks on the east side of Silver Lake 4 Road at a total cost of$33,460. The County has recently changed their policy and would 5 fund 25% of the cost which would result in a cost to the City of$25,100. This does not 6 include the cost of the sidewalk on the bridge as that cost is included in the bridge cost. 7 State-Aid Funds could be used for the cost. 8 Mayor Ranallo stated he has received several calls from residents who do not want a sidewalk 9 installed on the east side of Silver Lake Road. They are concerned with the loss of parking 10 area and turnaround. This would affect the townhome owners especially, and Mayor noted a 11 public meeting should be held to discuss this issue. 12 Marks asked if the sidewalks would be installed adjacent to Silver Lake Road. 13 Mr. Solar stated that normally the sidewalks are installed six to eight feet from the curb. He 14 noted that at the intersection of Silver Lane the sidewalks may be adjacent to the curb. 15 Marks noted there have been problems in the past with the clearing of ice and snow on the sidewalks on the west side of the bridge. There has been a conflict as to who was responsible *7 for the clearing of the sidewalks. 18 Mr. Solar stated the clearing of snow on sidewalks is clearly the responsibility of the City but 19 the clearing of snow on a bridge is clearly the responsibility of the County. He noted 20 however sidewalks are not a high priority to the County. 21 Marks stated he was concerned with the bridge design. He noted that the plowing of the 22 current bridge creates a ridge of ice that is extremely dangerous. 23 Mr. Solar stated another element of the bridge project is the installation of a new watermain 24 on the west side of Silver Lake Road. The current watermain is under Silver Lake Road and 25 presents a number of problems in terms of servicing. The cost for installation of the 26 watermain is $168,000. He noted replacement of the sidewalk on the west side of Silver Lake 27 Road is included in this cost although he inspected the sidewalk and felt it was generally in 28 good shape. 29 Morrison noted he had asked Bob Moberg of RCM to determine if the watermain needs to be 30 replaced at this time. 31 Mr. Solar then presented four options for bridge enhancements. He responded to a previous 32 question of Councilmember Marks by noting that the new design will allow the snow to be Wpushed off the bridge and not onto the sides as the previous design required. 34 Mr. Solar asked the Council for direction as to how to move forward with the project.