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Meeting with Sunwood Drive Residents Thursday, July 6, 2000 5:30 p.m. Residents attending: Mike Marquart 14751 Germanium Street NW 422-1785 Joyce Kalstabakken 5571 Sunwood Drive NW 421-0831 Rollie & Kate Greenberg 14760 Erkium Street NW 576-0647 Mark & Deanna Wilson 14761 Erldum Street NW 427-6786 Jim Prody 14770 Flourine Street NW 323-7740 Landis Olson, Jr. 14770 Germanium Street NW 433-9467 Rob Utoft 14849 Flourine Street NW 427-8030 Steve & Mary Kay Tonsager 14771 Germanium Street NW 421-5076 Eric Mortenson 14750 Germardum Street NW 4214287 Carl Vowels 14479 Flourine Street NW Bart & Mary Ashworth 14771 Erkium Street NW 506-0122 John & Polly VonArx 14770 Erkium Street NW 422-8849 What are the funding possibilities for an alternate for Sunwood Drive sidewalk? City Staff explained that the direction of the meeting was to explore the possibility of sidewalks on both sides of the street. The alternate route was a good idea but not in lieu of the sidewalk on Sunwood Drive. In regards to funding, the City could not get Federal and/or Municipal State Aid funding for a trail system that is not on a State Aid route. Who will pay for sidewalks on both sides of the street? At the time of the meeting, City Staffhad not gotten approval for a change order to the contract to add sidewalk and additional trees to the north side. At the beginning of the meeting, the residents realized that a sidewalk was going to go in, and as long as it was going to be installed, they wanted to have some say in where it went. They said they wanted a 4 foot sidewalk constructed on both sides of the street right next to the curb. After a lengthy discussion regarding the need for a boulevard for snow storage, boulevard trees, ere, 3 out of the group wanted to stay with the original proposal with the sidewalk next to the curb. City Staffbrought an illustration for the sidewalk and took numerous pictures of sidewalks in additional area of the City and in Anoka to let the residents see what the finished product would look like. The consensus of the group was that the boulevard should be from 3-5 feet and should be decided on a block by block basis. This consensus was reached only if the residents were allowed to work with the City during construction to ensure that relocation and replacement of landscaping and trees are done to their satisfaction. · What is going to happen to their irrigation systems? Can we have their own Sprinkler Contractor complete the work and be issued a check for the cost? City Staff explained that they would check on whether or not the funds would be reimbursable for individual sprinkler systems in the ROW. As far as hiring their own Contractor, MSA funds would not be eligible to issue check to the residents. I I I I I I I I I ! I I ! !