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distracting and is exacerbating that animosity between neighbors. Someday, when the underground infrastructure needs to be replaced, and the trees are cut down to do so, put in the asphalt ADA path. But there are plenty of examples in Roseville and the northeast metro where pathways are dirt, bark chips, grass or gravel. While many are in parks (county parks especially), there are some that serve as shortcuts or neighborhood connections. Attached you'll find a pdf I put together that I started compiling 'non- paved" paths over the past several weeks as I visited different communities in the area. I took some pictures (some from google maps) and attached a map for each. In the first example, it's the best example I could find in Roseville to the situation we are dealing with. Maybe some of you are familiar. At the west end of Heinel Dr., there's a paved path that travels west for about 800 feet. Then it terminates as there's a railroad crossing that never got completed. Probably because Railroads don't like ped crossings and they are notoriously difficult to deal with. But the resiliency of the neighborhood prevailed and they have completed the connection with a dirt footpath up to County Rd C and outlets just East of the Victoria/County Rd. C intersection. Looking at old aerials, I think this is old Heinel Dr. ROW that used to cross the railroad. It's a very similar situation and by all accounts, the neighborhood accepts it as a dirt path. It's not ADA compliant. Is the City any more liable for this path than the Aldine scenario. More so since theres an actual paved trail that deadends? A trail to nowhere for those in a wheelchair. I don't think there's any liability in either situation. These paths just exist because the neighborhood/community wants them, not necessarily because formal city decisions choose where paths should be. If you've gotten this far, I appreciate your interest and support to help keep the Aldine trail connection. I'm asking the City Council to be creative and do the right thing to keep this community asset and also respect the private property owners rights to enjoy their properties. You have talented staff I know can present you with a variety of options that can satisfy the neighborhood and the abutting neighbors. The City staff may not have known about it, but it's still a community asset organically created by generations of neighbors. Don't strip this away from our neighborhood because once the ROW is vacated, the trail is never coming back no matter how good the neighbors get along. Bottom line, this trail can exist in Roseville. It SHOULD continue to exist. There are examples of trails like this in Rosevile and the surrounding region. Lets slow down..... and keep these vital community connections! Qbhf!::!pg!429