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is>~ttccl itl the future. This summer the League of Minnesota Cities legal counsel issued an opinion that truncated domes must be installed on all pedestrian curb ramps in public right-of- way. Staff is responding as quickly as possible to this opinion. The recommendation of staff and lhc I'ublic Works Committee is that the City Council adopt the new pedestrian curb ramp detail to include truncated domes on all right-of-ways in the City. Motion by Councihnember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee in Case No. 4 and to adopt the new pedestrian ct!rb ramp detail as outlined by staff. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Olson, Cook, Jeffrey, I'd:ars(m, and Strommen. Voting No: None. 5) Consider the Improvement on 160th Lane to the Trappers Ridge Subdivision Councilmcmber Elvig indicated the Public Works Committee recommended this case come to thc full ('ouncil for discussion. Assistant Public Works Director Olson stated there was significant discussion at the Public Works (~ommittee meeting relative to whether the City should upgrade 160th Lane to the Trappers Ridge Subdivision, and how that upgrade would be paid for. There was consensus by Mt-. and Mrs. Kaas, Mr. Dusbabek and Mr. Bower that they are not in agreement with 160th Lane being turned into a full City road. A motion was made to upgrade 160th Lane to a full width class 5 non-bituminous road to be maintained and cared for by the City; the motion died for lack el' a second. There was further discussion and a recommendation that the case be brought back to; thc t'ull Council, and that it be discussed at a work session in the future. Councilmcmber Cook stated the difficulty right now is that Mr. Bowers put this road in and is using it Ibr a driveway. Since it is public property other people are using the road to access their back and side yards, and asking Mr. Bowers to maintain the road. Assistant l'ublic Works Director Olson cautioned from discussing the details of the situation with(mt the Kaas, Mr. Dusbabek and Mr. Bower present. He advised the recommendation of the l>cd, 1 ic Works Committee was to bring this to a work session with the neighbors present. Cotmcilmcmbcr Elvig noted the other idea was that these residents may be able to negotiate an agreement amongst themselves, which could be discussed at that work session. Assistant Public Works Director Olson explained this topic came up as a result of a discussion b~'twecn two of thc property owners this summer. They asked to be placed on the agenda, but that meeting did not occur until September. With the discussion of the road being upgraded the property owners did not know that they wanted it to be a Council topic any longer. Counci lmember Jeffrey stated it should be considered whether a precedent would be set with the ct(:termination et' the upgrade to the road. City Council / October 11, 2005 Page 14 of 17