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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 8, 2018 Page 13 ready on the other side of the roadway. She did not see that built into the path- ways or point system,but she noticed staff built it into the policy. Mr. Freihammer stated staff highlighted the segments as a way of showing the segments that do not have that. Through some discussion, if adding a point will not change the Pathway list, and since it is a preference list and not a priority list, that was staff's way to highlight it. He stated since the Pathways Masterplan has been around, staff has not been constructing it from top to bottom. The pathways are constructed as opportunities come about. Mayor Roe stated to clarify, the two policies that were noted in the staff report were already in the Master Plan. Mr. Freihammer indicated that was correct. Councilmember Etten thanked staff for all of their work on this. He stated on the map rating list, number 16, Rosedale to HarMar connection, there is one portion of it that confused him, and he wanted to understand it better. The portion going south along the parking lot of the fast food restaurant on the corner of Snelling and County Road B, he wondered if the path already going along Snelling was in- tentional or was it something that was colored funny. Mr. Freihammer stated item 16, the way it is described is a pedestrian bridge across Highway 36 and a pathway connection between Rosedale and HarMar. He thought that section needed to be cleaned up a little bit to properly reflect the con- nection. Councilmember Etten stated on page 26 of the Master Plan, number 16 which is part of the implementation section it states: Provide incentives (low interest loans) for Roseville businesses to redevelop their property with improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists. He asked staff if the City has this and not used any loan program for this before. The City has done some loans for other types of projects but not low-interest loans for this and he was not sure how that mecha- nism would work or how things would be approved. The loan percentage was at five percent, which wouldn't beat the market right now. He wondered if the Council wanted to talk about this or just leave it in the Master Plan and not talk about it or change it. Councilmember Etten thought another item to discuss was on page 27, item 21a (Staff will pursue grants when available to assist in funding the implementation of pathway networks). He stated staff looked at this and thought it might fund Safe Routes to Schools. He did not know if the Council wanted a separate funding ar- ea or an area under implementation discussing funding or to change that to Safe Routes to School Publication of giving information to families. He thought it was odd talking about funding in the middle of the education piece.