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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes April 19, 2011 Page 3 Ave. North. Ms. Olson stated that the Committee recently reprioritized that for restriping in that area. Planner Beekman indicated this was something they could use the money for at a later date or something they could ask Pulte to do and they could just deduct that from the park dedication. Discussion ensued on the options. MOTION: Committee Member Petersen moved seconded by Committee Member Garretson to recommend that the City Council pursue park dedication from Pulte Development in a combination of cash, development of an east/west trail connecting the existing City trail, and creation of a north south pedestrian bike lane to the existing City trail (across from Royal Hills Park) by restriping Snelling Avenue North. The motion carried unanimously (8 -0). B. Joint Meeting Debrief Chair Scott indicated he felt the joint work session the committee had with the Council was very productive and that Council did stipulate they wanted to focus on using grants as much as possible. Mr. Scott felt that Mr. Messerly brought up some good points on projects the committee was involved with in the past and he feels they may want to look at revisiting some of those. Mr. Kramlinger indicated he would like a little more information about grants and asked if they applied for the grant for the connection from E2. Ms. Olson indicated that in the past they received three grants that totaled approximately $500,000. These were the Safe Routes to School Grant, the DNR Grant, and ARRA Grant. She indicated grants are very competitive and she will be working with Ramsey County and Bethel to find different grants that are available. She informed they did apply for a Legacy Grant for a trail from Lake Johanna Boulevard /E on Old Snelling through the underpass and to County Road E2 and will hear back on that in July. She indicated they did look at another grant from County Road E to Ingerson Park but since the trail came in at around $600,000 and the grant was only for $100,000, the Council chose not to proceed with it. However, they are looking for funding for the play structure at Valentine Park and are looking at transportation funds that will be used for pedestrian improvements. Mr. Peck asked if there was anything the committee could do to help. Ms. Olson indicated at one point they had talked about having a subcommittee to look at grant opportunities and if any members were interested they could go ahead with creating that group. C. Other Unfinished Business None 4. NEW BUSINESS B. Park Bench Location Discussion Ms. Olson informed that she has included a memo in the packet on Council's approval of eight park benches. She stated Council would like recommendation from the committee on where to place the benches and does not want to wait until the committee goes on their park tour. Ms. Olson indicated she included a map with some possible locations but ultimately it would be up to the committee to make the final decision. She stated the individual that donated a bench asked that it be placed at Cummings and the only