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Member Gjerdingen opined that the challenge was with Highway 88 and I-35W, with only one apartment building in Roseville in that area, with the rest industrial uses. Map #14 —Hamline Avenue Member DeBenedet suggested the need to include on the next iteration of the spreadsheet rankings done by earlier commissions and members of the Pathway Master Plan group out of respect for their work and as a reference point. Member DeBenedet noted that this would also provide a check to determine if there were any areas not yet discussed with this most recent draft build-out plan that ranked at a"90" or higher on that original Master Plan. Discussion ensued on rankings for various segments of Hamline Avenue and connections; lack of a continuous sidewalk along Long Lake Road other than north of County Road C-2; and the additional process for new developments or redevelopments and agreements defined with those developers to install pathway segments as part of their plans versus those priorities identified in this Master Plan process. Additional Comments/Considerations Specific to her residence on Roselawn Avenue between Fairview and Snelling Avenues, Member Felice opined that it would be helpful to have "No Parking" on the west side of the street, as vehicles currently parked right up to Mid Oaks Road, and that parking creating visibility and safety issues for bikers. Discussion ensued on other areas not yet covered: Map #2 - County Road C-2 West of Snelling (Lincoln Drive to Wheeler around the south side of Oasis Pond); Map #7 - Highway 280 to Cleveland Avenue; and Map #8 - Roselawn Avenue Snelling to Fairview Avenues and County Road C-2 into the U of MN campus having lots of traffic and parking, but not highly ranked due to an existing pathway on one side. Other discussion points included Map #2 — Centre Point Drive to Long Lake Road, deemed to be a duplicate with the previous item identified with a bridge and missing an asterisk to designate it as such; with final consensus of the PWETC to lump them all of the C-2 options together with a composite ranking of 4.20. Similar to discussions held regarding Lexington Avenue and whether or not a sidewalk was needed on both sides of the road; the consensus was that the determining factor was how much a road was used and its traffic volumes. Member Gjerdingen noted the advantage of breaking those roadways into segments for ranking (e.g. Lexington Avenue from County Road C to C-2 ranked lower due to the considerable amount of Ramsey County Open Space) that allowed for some cases where only a small segment could be done and others where several segments could be completed in one larger project. Page 13 of 19