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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,June 20, 2023 <br /> Page 7 <br /> Mr. John Kysylyczyn 3083 Victoria Street <br /> Mr. Kysylyczyn explained he has lived on Victoria Street for approximately thirty- <br /> five years. He indicated as he understood the Council's action taken at the previous <br /> meeting,the Council passed a resolution to spend roughly$250,000 and he did not <br /> remember that resolution which was passed claiming to spend almost one million <br /> dollars. He explained the claim that there is one million dollars available, and he <br /> wondered if anyone has looked at the amounts of the last grants that were approved. <br /> There were not any million-dollar grants approved for the safe sidewalk to school <br /> deal. The maximum dollar amount was $500,000 and the average amount was <br /> around$330,000. Whoever is coming up with the million-dollar claim is pulling it <br /> out of their hat. That is not what the previous numbers show. This issue about the <br /> estimates for inflation are conservative. He noted he has the sheet from MMB for <br /> bonding projects and this is for people applying for bonding money for this next <br /> Legislative Session. It states you are going to be building your project in September <br /> 2029 at 31.97 percent. He asked himself why this did not make any sense. He <br /> never heard of the City giving another unit of Government a million dollars to do <br /> whatever it wants to do with it. The City also has a twenty-year-old policy that <br /> states that the City construct pathways based on scientific ranking. Other things he <br /> was trying to figure out is the existing pathway fifteen hundred feet to his east that <br /> goes to Shoreview and another pathway that is twenty-five hundred feet to the west <br /> of his house that goes to Shoreview. There are pathways on both sides so he was <br /> confused and that may be part of the reason why this is ranked number fifteen on <br /> the list. He did not appreciate the County and the City looking the other way while <br /> the County lies to the State and says there are kids in the City walking to school. <br /> The Roseville School District is unique as it buses all kids K-6 to their front <br /> driveway and back. He wanted to allow his kid to walk home, he had to sign a <br /> waiver declining bus service. That is the system Roseville has. <br /> Mr. Ken Montzka, 3283 Victoria Street <br /> Mr. Monstera explained the ruralness is a characteristic of Victoria Street and is <br /> why biking clubs bike up the street. The trees that are all on the sides will be gone. <br /> He stated letting Ramsey County do this is not going to guarantee anything being <br /> improved by throwing a million dollars at it. <br /> With no one else coming forward to speak Mayor Roe closed public comment. He <br /> thanked everyone for coming forward to talk and he wanted to let the public know <br /> that the City did not approve the project at this point. What the City has done is <br /> supported Ramsey County's request to seek the funding. He explained there are a <br /> number of other steps along the way that would have to be approved, including <br /> what the final cost share would be. This is not something where there is no more <br /> chance for public input or no more chance for changes to not impact the decision <br /> making because there is a whole lot left to be done before anything gets built. He <br /> explained it was noted by staff that there is no expectation right now that the project <br /> would go beyond existing right-of-way for the road. So there is no anticipation at <br />