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Item ~4.10. <br /> <br />Howard R. Green Oompany <br />QQNSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> <br />February 2, 2000 <br />File: 803450J-0071 <br /> <br />Mr. Pat Klaers <br />City Administrator <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />P.O. Box 490 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0490 <br /> <br />RE: PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Klaers: <br /> <br />As you are aware, the pedestrian bridge is almost complete with only final landscaping work to <br />be done in the spring of the year. We have talked with Congressman Oberstar's representative <br />in City hall about having some type of dedication ceremony in the spring of 2000. He has <br />indicated that Congressman Oberstar would be interested. At the same time I have had <br />numerous contacts from Mike Twaddle regarding a plaque at some type at each end of the <br />bridge dedicated to the memory of his son who was tragically killed on T.H. 169. In working with <br />Mr. Twaddle we have come up with a plaque that would have the following wording: <br /> <br />Dedicated in the memory of <br />John M. Twaddle <br />December 28, 1982-October 16, 1996 <br />"He made a difference" <br />Dedicated on May ,2000 <br /> <br />We have contacted two suppliers of these type of plaques and found that a plaque for each end <br />of the bridge would run approximately $2,000. Plaques would be approximately 12"x18". I have <br />also contacted Mn/DOT and confirmed that there is no problem if the City wants to install such a <br />plaque on the bridge as long as it cannot be seen from a vehicle on T.H. 169. My thought would <br />be that the plaques would be mounted just inside the bridge so that only pedestrians crossing it <br />would see these plaques. <br /> <br />My question to the City is two-fold. Number one; do you have any objection to having such a <br />plaque such as I have described at each end of the bridge? Number two, would the City be <br />willing to fund to approximate $2,000 cost? <br /> <br />\\SPNWFS\VOL1 \DATA\PROJ\803450J\0071 \ltr 1-31-00 klaers.doc <br /> <br /> 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 <br /> <br /> <br />