07-16-07 Item 2A, PTRC Funding Discussion

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PTRC Strategies for Parks and Trails Page 2 2. Perry Park trail down to lift station road. This trail connection will link Perry Park to the Tony Schmidt Railroad underpass. The City will apply for a DNR Local Connection Grant for this trail segmeut. The grant has a 50% match up to $100,000. The total estimated cost is $38,500. 3. West side of Old Snelling from Highway 51 on the south to County Road E on the north. This portion of highway is tentatively scheduled for improvement during 2010. Building the proposed trail as part of that project has obvious advantages. This trail segment is a key link in the major north-south arterial through the city which will eventually connect the existing Arden Hills with the new TCAAP development. This trail may be eligible for municipal state-aid funding. In the future, this trail could be extended to Lydia along the west side of Highway 51. 4. South side of County Road E from Old Snelling to Connelly This very important trail links the eastern and western portions of the City, connects two existing parks, provides access to businesses for people living west of Hwy. 51 and is an important part of a longer east-west arterial traversing the city from west to east. 5. East side of Old Snelling from County Road E to Highway 96 This is a continuation oftrail segment 3 and would iuclude reworking ofthe railroad underpass north of Lindey' s as well as some form of grade separation when the Highway 10 and 96 intersection is reconstructed.. This segment is crucial to improved circulation between the existing and new portions of Arden Hills. 6. North side of Lake Johanna Boulevard from County Road E on the west to Old Snelling on the east. Development of this trail segment would complete the southern east-west arterial through the city. It is heavily used now - year round - by residents, as well as students from Bethel and Northwestern Colleges and Mounds View High School. That use is likely to increase with the growing popularity of Tony Schmidt Park and the County's completion of the trailljnk under the railroad (Segment I). Ramsey County has requested that the Metropolitan Council designate Tony Schmidt as a regional park which will further increase its visitor use. As a result, Arden Hills may be eligible for regional park funds to improve this trail and provide safe access to the park. 7. Traffic signals at County Road E and Old Snelling This intersection becomes a major connector in the arterial trails system and trails approach and leave the intersection from different sides ofthe street.. For this reason, and because of the increasing volume of traffic using the intersection, traffic signals are needed.