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MEETING REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION I °"tE: 7/zs /az AGENDA SECTION HEARINGS ORIGINATING DEPT./DIV.: DEPT. HEAD APP-ROV PUBLIC WORK L/ { IT IN { ® ITEM iI� COMM ROW H HII MATH F CM . GR. if I EWEa / REE i HAM AVENM M VICTORIA, PFD= M -80 -6 _ The City of Roseville applied for 4nd received a.75% state grant for the construction of a bikepath along County load H between Hamline and Victoria. Due to the fact that this grant only covers the contractor's portion of cost, it is estimated that of the $76,600 cost, $38,,300 would be a . city expense, Revenue 'sharing f ands.. _:are the anticipated source of the city share, A The next step in the process is for the city to determine if the path - would actually be constructed,., That decision- needs- to be made this year if thq State funds are to be used, because the funding has been ter- minated and the State wi 1 l not hold these funds for Roseville beyond . . this year. 'Newspaper articles have been sent to all of the newspapers r to advise the citizens of this meeting -and a letter was seat to all of the property owners along both sides of County load B, In- addition, the staff held an informational meeting Thursday evening, July 22, and ap- proximately 40 citizens attended that meeting, E As you know, this would be jus}� one segment of the overall path p'rogram, The attached reap showing the pathways indicates in green those which have already been cons true ted or appr oved ' for construction and these in red, segments which-are still to�L be approved and constructed. The Count Road H link sits in the middle Of one of the major east -west facilities The roadway carries extremely WO!avy . volumes of traffic. In 1981, Ramsey County traffic counts - show appr . oximately 14,000 vehicles per day, using this portion of County Road B. For . comparison purposes. this is even higher than Lexington Avenue, In reviewing traffic accidents over the last 6 available years it was found that 215 accidents occurred. along thisstrip including 9 pedestrian or bike accidents. It might be noted that one of the vehicle accidents was a fatality, As you are aware, the State requires the pathways to be 8 -feet wide if they are two-directional, with a preferred .4-,foot setback from the curb If the facility is a one - direction pathway, then a 6 -foot width with similar setbacks is necessary. - Af ter reviewing the right-of-way situa- tion and the eistance of trees, poles, bushes,,-fences, etc,, it was de- termined that the north side was the preferred side* The right -of -way along County road B changes from 33 feet to 43 feet on the north side, on a lot -by -lot basis. This, plus the fact a roadway section of County road H between Hamline and Lexington Avenue is S2 feet wide, results in 7 lots in this section requiring five -foot wide ease- ments, Due to the fact that the..pavement . width reduces to 44 feet wide between Lexington Avenue and victoria, there are no easements needed in this easterly portion, except for two small 5' by 5' pieces to locate a traffic sign. since right -of -way has to be acquired in the westerly portion, a recommended 4-foot setback from the curb is used in this por- tion, while only a -foot setback from the curb is proposed on the par east of Lexington, so that the work could be done within the existing right-of-way,