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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—May 11, 2009 11 Councilmember Holmes stated that she would not be at the June 8, 2009 City Council meeting which would be the date for the assessment hearing and the final adoption of the assessment roll. Councilmember Giga stated that she would check to see if a 4/5 vote would be required for any of the items but there is also the option to continue the assessment hearing to the second meeting in June. Councilmember Grant stated that he would not be at the second meeting in June. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to Adopt Resolution 2009-009: Receiving Proposed Special Assessment Roll and Providing for Hearings for the 2009 Pavement Management Program. The motion carried unanimously (5- 0). Be CP Rail Bridge Improvement Options Parks and Recreation Manager Michelle Olson stated at the January 20, 2009 work session, the City Council directed staff to discuss the CP Rail Bridge with the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee (PTRC) in order to develop a recommendation for which side to build the proposed pedestrian bridge improvements. At the March 9, 2009 regular City Council meeting, the Council concurred with the PTRC recommendations and directed Bolton & Menk to proceed with design and specifications for pedestrian improvements to the CP Rail Bridge on the west side. At that meeting Council discussed future trail options leading to and from the bridge. Council directed staff to speak with Ramsey County regarding options for a bike lane and also bring the discussion back to the PTRC for further analysis and recommendation. Staff met with Ken Haider from Ramsey County Public Works in March to discuss options for a future bike/pedestrian facility on Old Snelling. The PTRC provided the Council with three options. to review and discuss for this corridor and pros and cons for each option. Option 1 is to continue with the current scope of the project. Option 2 is to continue to move forward on the engineering and proposed improvements to the bridge on the west side and pursue restriping and shifting additional shoulder on Old Snelling to the west side to potentially avoid impacts, most notably the boardwalk. Option 3 is to consider constructing pedestrian improvements to both the east and the west sides of the bridge and pursue with Ramsey County the possibility of utilizing/paving the available additional shoulder of the roadway to provide bike lanes on both sides. The additional engineering costs to add the east side bridge improvements into the current scope of the project are listed at $30,000.