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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 27, 2006 Page 7 1 Road from 33`d to 37th Avenue NE. and Old Highway 8 from 33`d Avenue NE to 29' Avenue 2 NE. 4 Councilmember Thuesen asked if these sidewalks are consistent with other sidewalks relative to 5 width and type. Mr. Hubmer said they are. They have been working with the City of Roseville 6 as Highcrest is a boarder road. Some Roseville residents do not want a sidewalk on their side of 7 the street. He will continue to work with City Staff in Roseville to see if there is any interest in 8 participating. 9 10 Mayor Faust reflected on a workshop on walkable communities held in May 2006 with the 11 Ramsey County Commissioner. This workshop was a prelude to getting money from the state. 12 All residents on Highcrest from Roseville and St. Anthony were invited to participate. From this 13 walk, they learned it is wiser to go from 33`d down to 29th and tie the east side of the City in. 14 With this grant St. Anthony would get a bigger bang for their buck. This is an ongoing process. 15 16 Councilmember Gray stated it appears the scheduling will complete the sidewalks before the 17 start of work on Silver Lake Road. With additional traffic on Highcrest, he assumes the 18 sidewalks would be available for students to use in the fall. Mr. Hubmer said they are trying to 19 get the sidewalk on Highcrest done as soon as possible. This should be a simple project for the 20 contractor. 21 22 Mayor Faust asked if this is a minimally invasive construction project. Mr. Hubmer stated that it 23 should be. There are some issues on the south side of Highway 8 such as slopes. 24 25 Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to approve Resolution 26 06 -058; Highcrest and Old Highway 8 Sidewalk and Street Lighting Project Feasibility Report. . 27 28 Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 D. Resolution 06 -059; Minnesota Safe Routes to School Gran_ t. 31 32 Mr. Hubmer presented a resolution authorizing the preparation and submittal of a Minnesota 33 Safe Routes to School grant application. The City of St. Anthony will be requesting 34 approximately $175,000 for the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Highcrest Avenue 35 from 37th Avenue and the west side of Old Highway 8 from 33`d Avenue through 29th Avenue. 36 This application is consistent with the mission of the City of St. Anthony Village to provide a 37 safe and walkable community. The application will be completed in the next two weeks and 38 submitted to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for consideration. 39 40 Mr. Hubmer reported they have been coordinating this with Ms. Kathy Knapp from community 41 services, Letters of support have also been received from the principals of each of the schools. 42 He pointed out that the sidewalk corridor does serve all three schools in St. Anthony. in 43 addition, there is money for bike racks and educational programs to encourage this.type of 44 transportation to school. 45 46 Councilmember Hoist asked if this is a matching grant or a full grant. Mr. Hubmer said it is a 47 full grant with some reporting requirements attached to it. Councilmember Horst asked if he