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It. ) I MAYOR WOODBURN: (Inaudible) that might happen anyhow. . MR. LEONARD: Yes, but it won't hurt to emphasize it if it's a desire of the City. MAYOR WOODBURN: The reason I bring that up is that there may be bikeway funds available, depending on what this legis- lature does. They're not available for 1983, I believe - they're not available at this time. will they become available in 1983 (inaudible)? MR. LEONARD: It's my understanding that any bike grant funds which may become available have to be appropriated by the now in session legislature. When those become real money, I don't have the slightest idea. MAN IN AUDIENCE: Is there going to be a bituminous path- way and also a sidewalk? MAYOR WOODBURN: It's called a bike path, but if you want to call it a sidewalk you could. MAN IN AUDIENCE: Where is the bituminous pathway? Is that right next to the road? MAYOR WOODBURN: (Indicating on plan) It's this stripe all the way along here. MR. LEONARD: The walk and path are the same thing. Essentially there are eight feet of grass behind the curb and then the eight foot wide bituminous path. I sometimes refer to it as a path and sometimes as a walk and sometimes as a bikeway. MAYOR WOODBURN: Some minimal maintenance required for 20 years but not a great deal. A little patching, a little seal-coating about every five years. MAN IN AUDIENCE: That will probably be four inch (inaudible). MR. LEONARD: I believe it's two and a half inches with six inches of gravel. Excuse me - four inches of gravel and two and half inches of bituminous. . MAYOR WOODBURN: Does the Council feel it's of any interest or not to hold off the walkway until we have the possibility of at least applying for funds if they become available from the 1983 legislature? COUNCILMAN HICKS: there would probably be owners there during the I like that idea. I think it's a good idea. I think less disruption to the adjacent construction period. (Inaudible). -27-