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I I 1 Council Meeting Minutes July 10, 1990 Page 7 Council Business, continued The pine trees along the Birch Pond Complexes will be preserved and a retaining wall will be installed. A s i dewa 1 k with retain i ng wa 11 is proposed on Silver Lake Road from 3rd Street and 5th Street. of-way is needed on the west side to accommodate si dewa lk. the east side of Additional right- a possible future The portion of 5th Street to 7th Street would involve two travel lanes in each direction with a center left turn lane. A right-of- way of 10 or 12 feet is needed to construct the sidewalk on the east side with a 8 foot boulevard. Kirkwold noted that residents had not expressed a need for a sidewalk on the west side from County Road E to I-694 during previous public meetings. Council feels a sidewalk should be considered for the area from County Road E to 5th Street for park accessi bil ity. Kirkwold said Ramsey County will not maintain or pay for decorative landscaping along the medians. Benke noted the utility poles on Silver Lake Road and suggested the County adopt requirements for utility companies to install breakaway utility poles. Council requested the County make available a list of options for their consideration before the scheduled public hearing. The proj ect wi 11 cost about $3.2 mi 11 i on and the Federal Hi ghway Administration will fund about 75% of the road and sidewalk costs. The County will pay about 15% to 20% of the remaining 25% of construction costs. The remaining costs which include improvements to sewers, watermains, storm sewer, and new sidewalk are the City's costs and are about 10% of the entire project cost estimate. A public hearing has been scheduled for August 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at City Ha 11 . Noti ces wi 11 be mail ed to resi dents along Sil ver Lake Road and adjoining streets. Counci 1 Bus i ness Presentation of Silver Lake Road Improvement Project Report 90-152 Norris presented execution of a purchase agreement for Joe Poshek, Purchase Agreement for (Joe's Service/Brighton Oil), 875--5th Avenue NW. 875--5th Avenue NW Report 90-153 Poshek has offered the property to the City for $192,000, wi th payment to be made over 5 years at 8% interest.