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City Council Study Session — 06/21/04 DRAFT Minutes - Page 25 able to defer until their property was sold. Councilmember Maschka supported scheduling reconstruction of County Road B-2 in the City's ten year road improvement program, with engineering performed in-house as time allowed. Councilmember Maschka opined that it would be logical to deal with the federal issue from Lexington to Walnut and ha�e staff return with final numbers. Councilmember Maschka was not supportive of undergrounding electrical wires in older neighborhoods. Maschka moved to direct staff to finalize the project for federal grant funds from Lexington to Walnut; and proceed with further negotiations with Ramsey County over the next year. Further discussion ensued. Councilmember Maschka clarified the intent of his motion to accept federal grant funds for the section of pathway from Walnut to Lexington; and to direct staff to proceed as necessary; leaving the section of Lexington to Rice to return under the City's road construction policy and plans at the discretion of staff when it can be implemented into the City's work program; with staff further directed to continue negotiations with Ramsey County for turnback of County Road B-2. Mr. Schwartz recollected, with Councilmembers concurring, that the City Council had voted for the segment west of Lexington at their May 24, 2004 meeting. Mr. Schwartz noted that, if staff were to meet the federal funding application requirements for final plans and specifications to be delivered for their approval, staff needed to take action this week in providing notice to engineering consultants to meet that schedule. Maschka moved to direct staff not to proceed with construction of pathway east of Lexington that would comply with federal funding requirements. The motion died to lack of a second. Mayor Klausing expressed confusion as to the Council's intent and whether there was a consensus for either of the last two attempted motions.