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488 <br />Mr. Hingeveld stated it will come down to what is being scored and what projects <br />489 <br />are on the map. They will need to look on the list to determine if it is duplicating <br />490 <br />something that is already there. <br />491 <br />492 <br />Chair Cihacek commented the policy clearly states a pathway is wanted on both <br />493 <br />sides. It is not a project list or scoring problem, but is a policy and definition <br />494 <br />problem. <br />495 <br />496 <br />Mr. Hingeveld stated there may be roads like Snelling Avenue where pathways are <br />497 <br />needed on both sides because the traffic volumes are so high. <br />498 <br />499 <br />Mr. Culver added Lexington Avenue is another example because it is a lot more <br />500 <br />difficult to get gaps to cross. They heard from the public that they wanted to get to <br />501 <br />the park on Lexington, but could not cross because there was not a signal. Then <br />502 <br />they could not get to the signal at County Road B because there was not a sidewalk <br />503 <br />there. They used some of the park dedication funds to extend the sidewalk, and <br />504 <br />they will continue to extend it down to Roselawn next year. There are some <br />505 <br />roadways where they want sidewalks on both sides of the road. They may need to <br />506 <br />rewrite the policy to give preference to roadways that do not have any pathways. <br />507 <br />508 <br />The Commission agreed this was a good ranking criteria and rubric moving <br />509 <br />forward. <br />510 <br />511 <br />Mr. Freihammer asked the Commission if they wanted to include a maximum half - <br />512 <br />mile or one -mile long segments. <br />513 <br />514 <br />Mr. Culver stated the advantage to having a maximum is it puts all the segments on <br />515 <br />more of an equal footing. Areas that have long segments are gathering a lot of points <br />516 <br />because of their length. A disadvantage to segments is the middle segment may <br />517 <br />score high, the outer segments may score low, and they have to determine if they <br />518 <br />would want to build a segment in the middle of nothing. <br />519 <br />520 <br />Member Heimerl commented he does not think setting a half -mile measurement is <br />521 <br />the best measure because it creates half segments. He suggested they use <br />522 <br />intersections or trail connections to determine segments. <br />523 <br />524 <br />Member Misra commented the pathway on Lexington to County Road D is three <br />525 <br />miles. Between County Road C and County Road D there is a wetland. They may <br />526 <br />not need a segment there because there is nothing accessing it and there is one on <br />527 <br />the other side of the street. <br />528 <br />529 <br />Mr. Freihammer asked the Commission if they should treat the on -road and off - <br />530 <br />road pathways any different. He explained an on -road pathway would be in the <br />531 <br />street within the curb and gutter or on the shoulder, and off-road would be behind <br />532 <br />the curb with separation from traffic. The current on -road pathways are basically <br />Page 12 of 15 <br />