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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - March 10, 2008 13 Councilmember Grant stated that it is not clear in the document that the City was willing to sacrifice the width of mediums and shoulders in order to have a trail on both sides. He also stated that the design constraints needed to be prioritized. Mayor Harpstead stated that he did not have enough information at this time to prioritize these constraints. Councilmember Holden stated that she would not want to prioritize at this time. Councilmember Grant stated that ifhe were to prioritize he would be willing to sacrifice width in the median and shoulder in order to have a trail on both sides. Councilmember Holden agreed with Councilmember Grant. She pointed out that a trail on the south side does make County Road 96 hug as far south as it can. Mayor Harpstead stated that especially in the area where it approaches Round Lake Road they do not want it to be in alignment with the bridge but the City wants it as close to Round Lake as possible, which should be added to Design Constraint #3. It was the consensus of the Council that County Road 96 should be as close to Round Lake as possible rather than to the future alignment with the Highway 35W bridge expansion, and that this be added to Design Constraint #3. Councilmember Grant stated that Design Constraint #4 referred to a pedestrian crossing, either over or under, located east of North Heights Lutheran Church but it could also be taken to refer to an over or under, a grade separated intersection, at Highway 10 and County Road 96. Mayor Harpstead stated he would like to have the sentence under Design Constraint #4 to read: Provide pedestrian crossing over or under County Road 96 to the east of the access at North Heights Lutheran Church. Councilmember Grant stated he would like to add that ifthere is a grade separated intersection, the bridges should allow for pedestrian traffic. Councilmember McClung clarified Councihnember Grant's comments stating that if a design comes back having County Road 96 going over Highway 10, there should be a pedestrian option as part of that. Mayor Harpstead restated that the sentence under Design Constraint #4 needs to capture the access to the east of North Heights Lutheran Church or to any bridges built to allow for pedestrian crossing. Councilmember Holden agreed with allowing for pedestrian crossing on any bridges that may be built.