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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 20, 2023 Page 4 Roll Call Ayes: Etten, Schroeder, Groff, Strahan, and Roe. Nays: None d. Victoria Street Pathway Funding Update Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated June 20, 2023. Councilmember Schroeder asked at what point is Roseville's share too high to do the project. She wondered if there is a maximum amount that staff feels the City should go to. Mr. Freihammer explained it really amounts to how many other pathway projects the City wants to fund. Roseville's share would be coming out of the City's Municipal State Aid funds. He noted the City has funded almost all of the sidewalks and pathways since he has been with the City with that source. Basically, if it is on a County Road the way the City funds it is to apply for cost share dollars and get a fifty/fifty cost share with the county. This funding source would allow the City to at least take a million dollars off the cost of the project. Otherwise if the City did future cost share it would have to make up those million dollars. He indicated the City receives over a million dollars in Municipal State Aid dollars annually so there is funding for that but if the City does this project, it might push a few other projects back and if the cost goes up staff will need to look at prioritizing other projects. Right now,this would not affect other projects unless there are other projects that come up or are not planned for. Councilmember Schroeder asked with this particular part of the trail, would the maintenance expense be anymore than any of the other trails the City maintains. She indicated it was her understanding that even though the County would be the lead on this, Roseville would still be responsible for maintaining it. Mr. Freihammer indicated that was correct. The City would be responsible for maintenance, and he would not anticipate the maintenance to be any higher on this trail than any other trail directly maintained by the City. He noted this plan does account for some snow storage between the road and the pathway, which is beneficial for winter snow removal Councilmember Schroeder wondered if the County does not get any grant funds for this project and asked if the project would still happen. Mr. Freihammer explained most likely the County would not push it and it would probably drop off the County's proposed project list. Certainly, Shoreview and Roseville could request it through the current process which is applying for the County's cost share amount.