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. . . Mayor Aplikowski stated that she is looking for a landscaping plan that is fairly inexpensive with very little maintenance, Councilmember Holden suggested that perennials be planted on the City Hall property and not in the median area, Councilmembers requested that URS create a new set of landscaping plans for CSAH 96 that incorporates the alternative one and group B planting arrangement for an estimated cost of $135,000, Countv Road E Pedestrian Bridl!:e and Sidewalk Improvements City Engineer Greg Brown reported to the City Council that the City was not awarded grant funding by MnDOT for the proposed County Road E sidewalk improvement project. The City Engineer received verbal notification from MnDOT that the County Road E project was reviewed along with 35 other projects and was given a priority ranking of 14th The top ten projects were approved for MnDOT grant funding with the next four being considered as alternates for funding if one or more of the top ten projects are not completed or cancelled, According to MnDOT staff, it is very unlikely that the County Road E sidewalk project will receive funding at this time, The following options were reviewed by the City Council: 1. Proceed with the north sidewalk along the bridge to Old Highway 10 using state aid funds for construction ($350,000) and local funds for engineering/inspection ($115,000), 2, Proceed with the north sidewalk along the bridge only using state aid funds for construction ($200,000) and local funds for engineering/inspection ($66,000), Construction in later 2005, 3, Wait and see if other projects drop out of the program allowing this project to be partially funded by MnDOT, Reapply for next year's program and begin construction in 2006, 4, Proceed with the south sidewalk along the bridge to Old Highway 10 using state aid funds for construction ($190,000) and local funds for engineer/inspection ($60,000), Begin construction in late 2005, This option would require a new resolution by the City Council. 5, Proceed with the south sidewalk along the bridge only using state aid funds for construction ($130,000) and local funds for engineering/inspection ($40,000), Construction would begin in late 2005, This option will require a new resolution by City Council. City Engineer Brown noted that state aid is scheduled to be used as a funding mechanism for the Red Fox/Grey Fox and Lexington Avenue projects in 2005, The City would have to change its funding sources for a number of other projects in order to utilize state aid funding for this proj ect, Mr. Brown stated that URS has contacted the residents on the north side of County Road E, Three residents have responded back to URS regarding the proposed project, 3