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2 <br />findings (Attachment E). He provided a revised draft concept based on feedback from <br />residents (Attachment F)in orderto give the PTRC a concept to comment and make <br />suggestions and changes to.The features included on this plan were: <br />Grass play area <br />Playground with swings <br />Half court basketball court <br />Small picnic shelter <br />Small informal tree play area <br />Interpretive signage along interior walking path <br />Small 10 stall parking lot <br />Portable restroom enclosure and a bike rack <br />Rainwater gardens <br />Bio-swale and footbridge <br />Stormwater pond to mitigate flooding issues <br />Adiscussion took place on the various comments and results from the open houseand the <br />potential improvements to the park.Minutes from that meeting are attached for Council <br />review (Attachment G). The PTRC discussed the inclusion ofan open grass play area <br />versus a formal ag-lime baseball field. This would eliminatethe inclusion of a winter ice <br />rink. The majority of the residents who attended the open house preferred a grass field to <br />an ag-lime baseball field, even if that meant eliminating the ice rink. The PTRCconsensus <br />was that the rink is small,underutilized and other parks are close by that can provide <br />pleasure skating. In particular, Cummings Park is a pleasure rink (no hockey rink)that has <br />a beautiful facilityand would be quiet for families to avoid the broomball and hockey <br />users. <br />After reviewing the information, the PTRC made a motion to recommendinclusion of all <br />of the elements on the draft concept plan with the addition of: <br />Drinking Fountain <br />Trails along park perimeters that extendand connect north/south to County Road <br />E2 and east/west to Glenview Ave. <br />The motion carried unanimously. <br />The PTRC recommended keeping the small informal tree play area in the concept. <br />However, they listed this structure as a low priority due to concerns about this area being <br />out of site and closer to residents. The comments on this play areaat the open house were <br />mixed but seemed fairly positive. However, since the PTRC meeting, the neighbor closest <br />to that structure has indicated they would not be in favor of the tree play area due to its <br />secluded location and proximity to his house. <br />HKGi revised the draft concept plan to include the recommendation from the PTRC and <br />this is included for Council review (Attachment H). <br />\\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\PR&PW\Parks\Memos\Council Memos\06132011 Valentine Park <br />Improvements.doc <br /> <br />