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RECESS at 3:48 P.M. with the At 3:36 P.M., Mayor Garthe called a recess of the meeting; the meeting was reconvened same Council members present. CONDEMNATION - NORTH-SIDE OF City Attorney Keith 17TH STREET 1701 N. LINWOOD Gow said. that the DELETED FROM AGENDA agreement with Mr. Kam Foy Yee and Siu Loong Yee for the purchase of property located at 1701 North Linwood Avenue for the Seventeenth Street widening approved on the Consent Calendar earlier in the meeting resolved this matter, and the condemnation action was deleted from the Agenda, on the motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Coun- cilman Brandt, and carried (5:0) unanimously. CA 29.8 CA 71 REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF After an announcement GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION CONTRACT that a representative CONTINUED of Great Western Reclamation, Inc. had requested a continuance to November 1, 1976, it was granted on the unanimously approved (5:0) motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Brandt. A-76-42 POLICY - BIKE TRAILS LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE & Assistant City Manager CONSTRUCTION -RESPONSIBILITIES Ronald Wolford referred DETERMINED to his report dated October 14, and stated that a policy question regarding responsibility for construc- tion and maintenance of bike trails fronting on. new develop- ments had arisen in conjunction with Parcel Map 926; that the 18 acres of property to be developed with 400 dwelling units is at the northeast corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Bear Street, and that Bear Street is designated as a bike trail in the Master Plan. Mr. Wolford stated further that the. questions to be decided on are whether the developer should be required to bear all the cost of the installation of the bike trail and landscaping of the 26-foot parkway area between curb and property line, and whether the developer should be required to maintain the area after its completion and acceptance by the City. Speakers on the subject were: Jim Clark, representing the owners of the property Jack Fowler, representing the developer of the property They stated that they would be willing to-install street trees and a 15.S-foot wide combination pedestrian sidewalk and bike trail at an estimated cost of $6,300., but that they felt that the City should bear the cost of the installation of the irriga- tion system and the balance of the landscaping of the 26-foot right-of-way at an estimated cost of $11,300, and to maintain the irrigation system, bike trail and landscaping at a cost of $500 per year. Council approved the following policy on motion of Councilman Yamamoto, seconded by Councilman Ward, and carried (4:1), with Mayor Garthe dissenting: CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 401 OCTOBER 26, 1976