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Member Stenlund noted that, as the only outlier in his ranking, he had probably ranked it as he did, even though recognizing that it was critical to connect from the east to the west, but also recognizing how unrealistic a bridge over I-35W was. Member Gjerdingen opined that everything west of I-35W would make very little sense unless a bridge was going to happen without major redevelopment in that area. Members Felice and DeBenedet concurred, with indications that those redevelopment projects would then pay for those pathways. It was undetermined if those segments should be included on the Pathway Master Plan even if redevelopment would pay for their installation; while also providing connections into the City of Minneapolis pathway system. In conclusion, Member DeBenedet suggested the following determinations from tonight's discussion: • Everything identified as on-road striping should be performed when the City or Ramsey County repaves a street; • Anything as identified as restriping should be done at the same time and parallel with construction of off-road pathways; • Everything currently listed and identified as striping should come off the spreadsheet, as their insignificant costs are not applicable on the CIP, and are considered part of any mill and overlay project; • Add "Fairview Avenue—West Side Sidewalk" to the spreadsheet; • Re-rank the score for Map #20 County Road B-2 to County Road C segment from a score of 2.0 and the Dale Street Option 1 combination with a new score of 1.98; • Delete Map #13 TH 51 Pathway connection to Old Snelling Avenue in Arden Hills (Lydia Avenue to City boundary) • Delete Map #15 Lexington Avenue Dionne Connection to Larpenteur as its included in another section of Map #15; • Retain the Wheeler to Fairview and Fairview to Langton Lake Park segments; • Reconsider ranking for Centre Point Drive to Long Lake Road, either on- or off-road options and whether or not the ranking is dependent on a future I- 35W bridge construction; • Eliminate any duplicates as identified during tonight's discussion, and keep the higher ranking as applicable. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff would add the columns back in providing original Pathway Master Plan scoring and cost columns; and at the request of Member DeBenedet, staff would strike a line to determine cost to build it up to a certain point. Members concurred that more finalization needed to be done before making a recommendation to the City Council. Page 15 of 19