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Realty presented their specifications. The plan showed a 4-inch sidewalk, but the spec said driveway sidewalks need to be 6 inches in driveways. The MnDOT standard for sidewalk says within the driveway the sidewalk needs to be 6 inches. Staff considers six inches through driveways as an industry standard. It was stated it was true that Royal Oaks Realty never denied wanting to fix the sidewalks, but they never responded to staff. Staffwrote four letters and the only response was a phone call back last fall saying they should wait until spring. Another letter was sent back in February asking about a schedule and no response was received. Staff did not have much choice but to go to the Committee to get this taken care of. Staff stated they share Mr. Black's concerns about removing all of the sidewalks in the driveways. Staff felt a reasonable alternative was to replace the sidewalks in the driveways that are broken. The dilemma is if the sidewalks are not broken now and break in the future, and if the City will pay for those sidewalks out of their pocket knowing they allowed them to be put in not at industry, standard. Staff recommended retaining a certain amount of money from the developer to fix the sidewalks that will break in the future. They city would be taking a financial risk since it is uncertain how much sidewalk may need to be replaced in the future. Motion to rccotnmend that · Royal Oaks Realty complete all broken 4 inch (nondriveway) sidewalks and ped ramps · Royal Oaks Realty complete all broken 6 inch driveway sidewalks, including the adjacent unbroken sidewalks within the same driveway. · Royal Oaks Realty complete the repairs by August 1, 2005. · The City retain the $38,000 escrow money until one year after the completion of these repairs. Action: Rati fy thc recommendation of the Public Works Committee. CASE #4 Consider Traffic Control Signal Agreement with MN/DOT for Signal at TH 47 and XKIMO Street Background: The TH 47 project will include some modifications of the signals along TH 47, and MnDOT is requesting that the signal agreements for these affected signals be updated. The proposed agreement has been drafted to include all of the traffic signals which will be constructed or modified under this summer's construction project, however, only System "D" scrving the intersection of TH 47 and Xkimo Street directly involves the City of Ramscy. This signal will need to be modified as a result of the free right turn from eastbound CSAH 5 to southbound TH 47. The terms of this agreement will require the City to be responsible for about $1,900 in costs associated with the cost of modifying the traffic signals at this location. The other conditions, which are outlined in this agreement,