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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 13, 2008 Page 8 A meeting was held with Minneapolis Parks and Council Member Ostrow with a discussion on the missing link of Grand Round Trail. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will hear a report on May 2151. The information received was that St. Anthony Boulevard and Stinson Boulevard are the two options for the missing link. Staff's position is that this is a Minneapolis issue and should remain a Minneapolis issue. 7 Councilmember Roth noted work has commenced with the removal of sidewalk and they will be 8 redoing the entire bike path to the Camden Bridge this year. On the Minneapolis side they will be 9 putting in a 10 -foot wide cement sidewalk/bike path where there once was a sidewalk. He 10 suggested rather than the name of the Minneapolis Grand Round Trail, that the trail could be 11 renamed as the Minneapolis /St. Anthony Grand Round Trail. 12 13 Mayor Faust stated he was a little disappointed with the meeting. It appears that the 14 recommendation is a 10 -foot concrete bike /walking path on the north side of St. Anthony 15 Boulevard, which the City of St. Anthony has not given approval to, and they will not do so until 16 they hear from their constituents. He stated if this is approved it needs to be for a position that 17 reflects the desires of the residents and is good for the City of St. Anthony, and they need to be 18 very cautious in how they enter into an agreement in relation to maintenance and plowing. 19 20 Councilmember Roth stated he has received one letter in favor of putting a bike path through St. 21 Anthony from a resident that lives on St. Anthony Boulevard. He noted this will likely get some 22 interest from people that enjoy biking, especially with the cost of gas. 23 24 City Manager Mornson reported on the following: 25 A Multi- Jurisdictional meeting on NE Diagonal was attended by the Public Works 26 Director, the Police Chief, and himself. There was discussion regarding who will do the 27 maintenance on the non - Minneapolis part of the trail, which includes the cities of St. 28 Anthony and Roseville. There was also discussion on complaints about dogs running at 29 large. The Three Rivers Park District will do maintenance for St. Anthony, the cities of 30 Roseville and Minneapolis will do maintenance in their cities, and each jurisdiction will 31 enforce the dog ordinance. 32 The Silver Lake Road Construction Project started yesterday. Information is posted on 33 the City website and included in the newsletter. The City is working in cooperation with 34 Hennepin County, but the County has made it clear that this is a Hennepin County 35 project. Information will be updated as the project progresses. 36 • The Water Reuse Bid Award scheduled for the May 27th meeting will be pushed to June 37 10th. 38 ■ The audit scheduled for the June 10`h meeting may be held off until June 24th. 39 • The Planning Commission meeting scheduled for this month has been cancelled. 40 41 Councilmember Stille reported he received an email from the School District stating that the 42 Silver Lake Road Project will be under construction until later in 2009. It should be noted that 43 the majority of the project will be completed in fall of 2008. 44 45 City Manager Morrison stated 85% of the project is projected to be complete November 1, 2008. 46 Landscaping and punch list items will likely be held off until the spring.