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County Road E Trail Improvements October 7, 2004 Page 5 . Nonhern boulemrd 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 alihough crossings of Nonh Hamline, Arden Oaks Drive and Pascal would be required, The nonh side would require utlJJly reJocalion, culvel1 construction and retaining walls due to the sleep boulevard grades. These factors would result in impacts to J I residential propenies (more significant than the south side) and would cost approxImately $] 30,000 mOle than the SJ(lcwalk along the south side of County Road E. The bridge is not currently scheduled for rehabilitation or reconstruction by either Ramsey Counly or MnDOT in the next 5 years and 10 years respectiveJy. At the pomt where the bridge does get reconstructed by MnDOT or Ramsey County the improvements conslfllcled 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 connecls to them. Future bridge reconstruction would be funded by Ramsey County and MnDOT with no expectation of funding participation from Ihe Cily. . Funding Opportunity During project development, the City Engineer looked into the potential for soliciting MnDOT Cooperative Agreement Funding for the project. The Coopcrative Agreement could fund as much as 100% of the project construction cost plus approximately 30% of the engineering cost and the initial response fTOm MnDOT has bcen positive and encouraging. In order to be considered for MnDOT funding, it is imperative that the Councd confirms the scope of the projcct 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. .