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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 25, 2006 Page 10 1 indicate $85,000, correct dollar figure of $18,000 to indicate $180,000, and address concern with 2 conceptual plan parking and how to secure picnic tables. 4 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to adopt Resolution 06- 5 043, A Resolution of support to develop, construct, and operate the Silverwood Park regional 6 special recreation feature pursuant to the Three Rivers Park District master plan as corrected 7 above. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 11 Mr. Bryant thanked the Council for its support. He stated they look forward to working with St. 12 Anthony on this project and hope Phase 1 can be developed as soon as possible and make St. 13 Anthony proud of their relationship with the Park District. 14 15 B. Consider Resolution 06 -044• Northeast Diagonal 16 17 Robb Urquhart, Minneapolis Public Works, stated the Northeast Diagonal Trail project was 18 presented to the Council during a workshop meeting and they would like to formally introduce 19 this project to the City Council and the television audience. He explained it is a regional trail to 20 connect the Minneapolis trail system through St. Anthony, the Ramsey County park system, and 21 the Roseville park system. This trail has been in the planning stage since 2000 and money will 22 be available in 2007. He explained they are looking for the Council's support for their 23 solicitation to the Metropolitan Council. 24 25 Tony Wagner, URS, professional engineer doing detailed design, stated they had attended the 26 Council's January 31, 2006 work session to present an overview of this project. He advised of 27 the alignment of the two legs of the Northeast Diagonal Trail. He explained the trail is currently 28 under construction and is to be completed in 2006. They are seeking approval of Resolution 06- 29 044 for a 20% local match for construction of the trail within St. Anthony. 30 31 At the request of Mayor Faust, Greg Brown pointed out the portion of trail within St. Anthony. 32 Mr. Wagner stated that there is three- fourths of a mile in St. Anthony in addition to the 350 foot 33 ramp. 34 35 Councilmember Gray stated in looking at the map provided, he has a hard time figuring how this 36 will benefit the residents of St. Anthony since 100% of residents live northwest of the trail and 37 across Highway 88. He noted that Highway 88 is a barrier for children to use the trail and if 38 someone wanted to use it to commute to downtown, they would have to go out of their way to 39 get to the trail and then get back to Stinson. 40 41 Greg Brown, URS and project manager, stated that is a valid point. He noted the connection on 42 St. Anthony Boulevard and explained that the basis of their request is the footage in St. Anthony. 43 He agreed that if heading downtown you would use other parts of the regional trail, maybe to 44 Stinson and down to join the system at the quarry. Mr. Brown stated there are proposals for 45 subsequent expansion to the regional trail to the University of Minnesota. 46