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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 28,2013 Page 13 If the project is approved, and the Cities of Shoreview and Roseville concur, Ms. Bloom advised that the project would be timed to coordinate with school sched- ules and their summer school sessions. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bloom confirmed that the as- sessments would be at 6% over a fifteen (15) year period, with payments applied to 2014 property taxes, unless deferred through means testing, based on the same rate and term. Councilmember Willmus thanked Ms. Bloom for her presentation; and sought clarification for the timeframe for property owners to apply for deferral, with Ms. Bloom advising that the period was from when assessment notices would be sent in September of 2014 until the assessments were certified to Ramsey County in November of that same year. Discussion among Councilmembers and staff included possible realignment of a portion of side streets in the project area, with insufficient rights-of-way available to do so as determined in discussions among the cities; stop signs at the intersec- tion of Chatsworth and County Road D not meeting warrant requirements; current parking on both sides of County Road D versus proposed parking standards as an MSA-funded roadway, and changes in jurisdiction from Ramsey County as a turnback road in the mid-1990's to City jurisdiction; current abrupt ending of the south side sidewalk along the Church's west property line; and current crosswalk areas as designated on displayed maps. Ms. Bloom reviewed staff's recommendations for sidewalk and crosswalk place- ments based on safety concerns, and the roadways status as a regional corridor as identified in the Pathway Master Plan, and under discussion for some time by the City's Parks and Recreation Commission for connectivity goals, with it recom- mended for installation but not shown as a high priority in the overall Master Plan. Further discussion included speed boards and school speed zones and timing of that programmable signage; preference for sidewalks rather than trails/pathways adjacent to residential properties and staff recommendations for a six foot (6') wide sidewalk versus wider eight foot (8') detached pathway, and the need for a City Council Policy discussion related to final design of this corridor and current opportunities versus potential future retrofit for a sidewalk; and Rose- ville/Shoreview City staff not recommending any enhanced or decorative cross- walks based on cost considerations, with a simple striped crosswalk the recom- mendation. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Bloom reviewed storm water drainage recommendations for a catch basin into pipes and infiltration trenches in the ground for filtering and pretreatment. Ms. Bloom advised that property owner