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56 <br />CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />RESOLUTION 07-035 <br />A RESOLUTION PROVIDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE <br />SUBMITTAL OF THE TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES NON - <br />MOTORIZED TRANSPORATION PILOT PROGRAM (NTP) <br />FOR SILVER LAKE ROAD <br />WHEREAS, The Non -Motorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTP), established by <br />the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A <br />Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), establishing a grant program providing <br />communities with the opportunity to reduce the amount of driving by <br />improving conditions for bicycling and walking within a community; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council, who are committed to sidewalks and trails, adopted a <br />mission statement for the City stating, "Our mission is to be a progressive <br />and livable community, a walkable village, which is safe and secure "; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has worked to make St. Anthony a walkable community by <br />incorporating sidewalks as the R, of street reconstruction projects, such <br />as 29`x' Avenue NE in 2000, 39" Avenue NE in 2005, and the proposed <br />2007 sidewalk installation along Old Highway 8 and Higherest Road; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has worked with various governmental and public agencies, <br />including Ramsey County, Hennepin County, Three Rivers Park District <br />and Independent School District 282, on many projects to support and <br />participate in the construction of sidewalk, trails, and crosswalks to <br />enhance safe walking and biking routes to community schools and parks; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the existing sidewalks along Silver Lake Road from St. Anthony <br />Boulevard to 37`x' Avenue NE are: discontinuous, substandard, narrow, <br />and in need of complete replacement; and <br />WHEREAS, St. Anthony Middle School and St. Anthony high School reside to the east <br />of the intersection of 33`d Avenue NE and Silver Lake Road, where the <br />existing Silver Lake Road sidewalk does not extend along the east <br />boulevard of Silver Lake Road; and <br />WHEREAS, construction of sidewalks on both sides of Silver Lake Road are proposed <br />as part of the reconstruction of Silver Lake Road between St. Anthony <br />Boulevard and 37°i Avenue NE in 2008; and <br />