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. . . County Road E Trail Improvements October 6, 2004 Page 5 Northern boulevard of County Road E A sidewalk along the north side of the County Road E was considered as it would eliminate pedestrian crossing at the two freeway ramps although crossings of North Hamline, Arden Oaks Drive and Pascal would be required. The north side would require utility relocation, culvert construction and retaining walls due to the steep boulevard grades. These factors would result in impacts to 11 residential properties (more significant than the south side) and would cost approximately $130,000 more than the sidewalk along the south side of County Road E. The bridge is not currently scheduled for rehabilitation or reconstruction by either Ramsey County or MnDOT in the next 5 years and 10 years respectively. At the point where the bridge does get reconstructed by MnDOT or Ramsey County the improvements constructed by the City would be replaced in kind. Current bridge design practice would include pedestrian improvements on both sides of the bridge regardless of whether a sidewalk connects to them. Future bridge reconstruction would be funded by Ramsey County and MnDOT with no expectation of funding participation from the City. Funding Opportunity During project development, the City Engineer looked into the potential for soliciting MnDOT Cooperative Agreement Funding for the project. The Cooperative Agreement could fund as much as 100% ofthe project construction cost plus approximately 30% of the engineering cost and the initial response from MnDOT has been positive and encouraging. In order to be considered for MnDOT funding, it is imperative that the Council confirms the scope of the project and passes a resolution on October 12. The deadline for project proposals to be submitted for the July 2005 funding cycle is October 15, 2004.