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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council August 28, 2006 Page 20 Mr. Cappello indicated that what would happen is that someone will sit there and not cross at the crosswalk but by the path. Mr. Mamie agreed, indicating that even if we put a light there they will do that too. He would feel more comfortable seeing the cost of that versus this. Dr. Parker indicated that $1,000,000.00 just to put in a tunnel does not cover the rest of the costs. Mr. Cappello stated that it does have some path. From the property, there is path involved. Dr. Parker added that it is costing us $1,000,000.00 to cross that street. Is there a viable alternative to that? Mr. Mamie agreed. Mr. Buckholtz indicated that in the Mayor's absence, he has advocated and various groups and people have discussed for quite a long time a trail system going from all of the multi-million dollar facilities that we are building up at the north end and connecting it with the center of town. To be appropriate to this particular item, it is not $1,000,000.00 to cross Highland Road. Dr. Parker indicated that that is what it is. Mr. Buckholtz added that he watches people using the underpasses. People are skating, walking and bicycling through them. This is part of the trail system. This is the crux of the trail system that connects north and south ends of town. It is not a small amount of money. We could break it down. Most of it is the underpass. How far off the trail system is it? Mr. Cappello responded about 4-500 feet either side. It is close to 8-900 feet of trail. Mr. Buckholtz asked if lighting is included in the trail? Mr. Cappello indicated just lighting of the physical underpass. Dr. Parker indicated that he is not saying he is against it, he is just saying we need to look at other possibilities so that we know this is the best choice. There may be a viable alternative that is not $1,000,000.00. That is a lot of money to spend. Mr. Mamie indicated that he is not fighting it, nor did he say he was. He likes the idea of the path. There is no doubt in his mind that would be great for the Village. All he asked was if there was another way of doing this, for less money. He is not fighting the Mayor's viewpoint or 2020 or the planning commission's viewpoint on the path. Mr. Buckholtz did not disagree. However, going over to the corner to cross at Highland would not be a viable alternative to making a trail system. It's perfectly fine if Council disagrees with the trail system. To recognize the trail system, he does not know what that viable alternative is or the timeframe. Mr. Brett indicated he would need to have a meeting no later than the 10th of September because we are going to go out and sell these bonds in September. He would need that. Mr. Cappello indicated that the trail would be approximately 800 feet from the crosswalk at Highland and S.O.M. Your trail would have to go 1500 feet and loop around. Dr. Parker stated that we would actually increase the size of our trail. Mr. Mamie stated that he does not want to mess up Mr. Brett's situation in going out for bid. There is a timeline here.