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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 24, 2015 Page 6 As part of that information to be provided by staff, Mayor Roe asked that include if the city received any reimbursement for those costs from the schooldistrict. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten and Roe. Nays: None. g. Resolution Approving TH36 at Lexington Avenue Bridge Project Coopera- tive Construction Agreement At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly reviewed this request as detailed in the RCA and related attachments, dated August 24, 2015. Councilmember Willmus asked staff for how traffic volumes were anticipated to be handled during the detour for this project; and how that impacted County Road B-2, school start times, and dismissal times for the high school. Public Works Director Culver advised that after Councilmember Willmus had previously brought up those concerns, staff consulted with MnDOT staff specifi- cally on those issues; with a subsequent rerouting of the detour to County Road C and Snelling rather than using County Road B-2. Mayor Roe sought clarification that Roseville did not currently have any pathway on the east side of Lexington Avenue, with only the segment under the bridge as part of this project proposed for now based on MnDOT's requirements that one be located on both sides, and asked if that was a correct presumption on his part. Public Works Director Culver responded that this was not actually the situation, but this proposed sidewalk segment under the bridge had come about through staff working with MnDOT based on the community's strong demand for addi- tional pedestrian facilities on the east side. Mr. Culver advised that there actually worn paths currently in that area, indicating frequent use; therefore staff took ad- vantage of this reconstruction project opportunity to provide a more cost-effective way to address that need and in a more timely way with less inconvenience to the motoring traffic for its installation. Mr. Culver noted that subsequent to that seg- ment, the City still needed future conversations to determine how to address the north and south sides of that, which were part of the larger pathway priority pic- ture. Mr. Culver noted that taking advantage of this construction project was sim- ilar to past practice in installing segments wherever and whenever possible at the lowest possible cost even without immediate benefit of connecting to a larger sys- tem. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Public Works Director Culver clarified the location of this segment and how it related to future segments and how far to extend those connections in the future.