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6 COUNCILMAN ANDERSON: Is that going to be on private property? MR. HONCHELL: The Highway Department in their taking, came very close to the building in what they acquired. The sidewalk would be on the public right-of-way as proposed. MR. DORSEY: It's still only about three feet away from fue front of the building. MR. AL FLETCHER, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for centennial united Methodist Church, 1524 West County Road C-2. I apologize that I was late, but it's my understanding the sidewalk does end - the City of Roseville would not be extending the sidewalk down C-2 and, therefore, the Highway Department sidewalk will end, come around the corner and end in the middle of our property. We have concern about this for a couple of reasons. I have an additional question. Did I understand the church, as tax exempt property, would not necessarily be assessed for the sidewalk? MR. PETERSON: You would be assessed for both storm sewer and sidewalk. MR. FLETCHER: I guess our main concern is - first of all, a liability associated~th the sidewalk coming down Snelling and bringing people around the corner that would then end in the middle of our yard. Furthermore, the idea that in the middle of winter when there's snow on it, and inasmuch as it's right next to the road, there would certainly be snow plowing and snow piled in there that would be our obligation to keep that clean as well as the liability for the safety and care and maintenance of that sidewalk in the winter. The other factor, of course, is the assessment for the cost of the sidewalk. We feel that there really would not be any particular benefit to - certainly to the members of the church, and perhaps those that are using that frontage sidewalk on Snelling because once they have come to the corner heading north anyway, in another l50 feet they're off the sidewalk and into the street anyhow. The church considered a sidewalk between the church and Coventry housing property to extend the passageway between the properties, but we don't feel there would be a gain to a sidewalk in our property ending at the north. MR. HONCHELL: Could you put that slide back on? The green area is the sidewalk area. At the time that the plans were originally being developed, as I mentioned earlier, the walk was contemplated going along C-2 and ultimately all the way to Hamline. With the dropping of the portion just off the slide to the east toward Hamline, the sidewalk was dropped along C-2 - what you would call the C-2 frontage of the church.