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PARKS,TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 17, 2007 Pam • At a previous meeting, the PTRC made a motion for staff to get Council to show support towards the Elmer L. Andersen connection/extension. That will be brought to an upcoming Council meeting. • Committee membership interviews will be held Thursday, April 19th. There were five applicants and the committee has two vacancies. The applicants were: Joani Werner, John Peck, Wallace Nosek;Harold Peterson and Charles Kachel. 6. COMMITTEE EXPECTATIONS There was a committee expectations discussion and the following changes were suggested. • Change the last word in the first sentence in the second paragraph to"within". • Replace the Missions/Purposes section with the wording that Chair Henry provided. • Replace"objectives"with"goals". • Start the expectations section on the second page and starting the numeration with number one. • Change the order of the three purposes in the first sentence in the Missions/Purposes section to read, "Parks, trails and recreation in Arden Hills enhance the health and well-being of the residents/guests, increase the desirability of the city as a place to live or work and improve the value of citizen's property." MOTION: Committee Member Crassweller motioned, seconded by Committee Member Straumann to accept the Committee Expectations as amended. The motion carried unanimously. 7. PTRC PRIORITIES RELATIVE TO CIP • Disk Golf/Bocce Golf Course MOTION: Committee Member Crassweller motioned, seconded by Committee Member Straumann to recommend budgeting $2,500.00 to put in a bocce golf course at Lindey's Park this year. The motion carried unanimously. • Fenced Dog Park—The Committee would wait to see what Ramsey County does. • Freeway and Hazelnut Park Warming Houses—Ms. Olson stated that Freeway Park was set and in good shape. The City could move warming house from Cummings to Hazelnut, or leave the site as is. The estimated cost of the move was between $6,000 and $8,000. This will be discussed at the July work session. • Study feasibility of improving Valentine Park—This would be brought to the July work session. The estimated cost to fix the park was between$200,000 and$250,000. • Tony Schmidt Park Railroad Underpass - The construction was complete and Ramsey County anticipated paving from County Road E to Lift Station Road this summer. In regards to whether the County would keep this open year round, the County would probably not be able to maintain this trail during the winter months and would probably require assistance from the City if it were to be open year round. The City will need to work out an arrangement with Ramsey County. • Perry Park Trail-Waiting on DNR Grant • Trail on Old Snelling — East versus West Side discussion took place. The PTRC strongly recommends the East Side. • South side of County Road E trail and bridge —We did not get the funding for this project and this will be reevaluated and brought back to Council to see what other funding opportunities (such as MSA funds)could be utilized. • CPA Railroad Bridge—Staff is verifying that the estimate we have is correct and then it will go to Council to see if they want to move forward on preliminary plans. MSA funds are proposed to be used. • North side of Lake Johanna—No timetable is set on this. It is listed as priority#3 in the Tony Schmidt Master Plan.