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rank the County Road B segment comparably with Map #26 (Rosedale to Har Mar connection). With Member Stenlund noting that costs would depend on land acquisition costs, Mr. Schwartz responded that all estimated costs included in the list were assumed excluding reconstruction projects. Member DeBenedet stated that the PWETC needed to consider all neighborhoods, whether they had brought pressure or not to this discussion, needed to be considered; and without making comparisons with other segments, expressed his willingness to revise his ranking from 4.2 to 3 for the County Road B segment for either option (off- or on-road). Member DeBenedet noted that the City Council still needed to react to any recommendation of the PWETC and may determine that $10 million for those highest ranking segments may be the magic number to get the build-out accomplished within 7-12 years, or may choose to complete the entire list. Based on the fact that this segment remained under the jurisdiction of Ramsey County with no right-of-way owned by the City, Member Stenlund stated that his ranking of 5 (lowest) for County Road B would not change, as it was a moot point. Member DeBenedet suggested that, if Ramsey County chose to turnback the roadway to the City, one of the conditions should be that they reconstruct the road, including installing a pathway, opining that the City should not accept the road in its current significantly deteriorated condition. Member Stenlund further opined that any interim solution by the City would require tapping into that deteriorated road base. In response, Member DeBenedet noted that there were a number of segments where the City didn't own the right-of-way, but had not let that prevent anything. However, Member DeBenedet concurred with Chair Vanderwall that these details were all beyond the PWETC's charge from the City Council. Member Stenlund noted that these considerations were typical of his review and interpretation of the overall segments listed; and expressed concerns with safety in crossing Cleveland Avenue with an interim trail proposed for the south side when a long-term solution for a trail on the north side made much more sense to mitigate those safety issues and avoid a trail crossing a road that wasn't even yet under the City's jurisdiction. Chair Vanderwall noted that his current ranking for the County Road B segment had been at 5, but offered to revise that ranking for either an on- or off-road option to a 4.5, opining that the speed factor held some influence for that decision on his part. Member Felice revised her ranking from a 4 (On-Road) and 5 (Off-Road)to a 1 (highest priority) for either option. When discussing this at earlier meetings, Page 9 of 18