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City Council Minutes November 7, 2017 Page 3 of 9 ----------------------------- The City Council acknowledged the resignation of firefighters Brian Evenson and Bob Peterson II and requested thank you letters be sent to them. 8. Police The September 2017 Police Department Report was received by Council. 9. Public Works 9.1. Wildlife Trail Mayor Adams stated that there was a request by the residents on �Idlife Trail to plow snow on their road which is a private road. She added there are 24 private roads within the City and the City should not se# a precedence by plowing Wildlife Trail. Council Member Pederson suggested looking at the possibility of charging them to plow snow and added that the City is getting another plow truck and an additional Public Works employee in 2018 and the Public Works Department may have extra time. Council Member Akerson explained that if the City takes on the snow plowing of Wildlife Trai! there will be 23 other private roads that the City may need to consider as well. He noted that a lot of the private roads are too narrow with no tumarounds and it would be time consuming for the City to take care of them. Mayor Adams suggested waiting another year to see if there will be extra time in the Public Works Department to consider this issue. Michael Czech of 3816 Wildlife Trail, Pequot Lakes commented that the residents on Wildlife Trail made road improvements in 2014 to the requirements of Sibley Lake Township at that time. Mr. Czech added that they have made efforts to blacktop Wildlife Trail but it was too expensive for the residents. Council Member Swanson questioned if they have met the requirements for Wildlife Trail to be a City road. Mr. Czech stated they meet the definition of a City road but they cannot afford to blacktop it. He further noted that 66% of the roads in Minnesota are gravel roads that are being maintained.