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EN HILLS <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 20,2012 <br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br /> CALL MEETING TO ORDER <br /> Acting Chair Scott called the November 20, 2012, meeting of the Parks, Trails, and Recreation <br /> Committee to order at 6:35 p.m. <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: Acting Chair Steve Scott; Committee Members Don Messerly, Harold <br /> Petersen,Nancy O'Malley, Jane Larson, Chuck Michaelson, <br /> OTHERS PRESENT: Public Works Director Terry Maurer, Parks and Recreation Manager <br /> Michelle Olson and Council Liaison Brenda Holden. <br /> ABSENT: Chair Garretson, excused; Committee Members Phil Kramlinger, Rich Straumann, <br /> excused, and John Peck. <br /> 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> MOTION: Committee Member O'Malley motioned to approve the agenda seconded by <br /> Committee Member Michaelson. The motion carried unanimously (6-0). <br /> 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—October 16, 2012 <br /> Committee Member Larson asked that the first sentence on page 4 read Committee Member Larson <br /> instead of Committee Member O'Malley and Committee Member O'Malley asked that <br /> "Advertisements on hockey boards"be added to the bulleted list at the bottom of that page. <br /> MOTION: Committee Member Larson motioned to approve the October 16, 2012,minutes as <br /> amended, seconded by Committee Member O'Malley. The motion carried <br /> unanimously (6-0). <br /> 3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> A. Freeway Park Improvement Discussion — <br /> Parks and Recreation Manager Olson recapped that at the October 16th PTRC meeting the <br /> committee discussed possible improvement options for the upper portion of Freeway <br /> Park and that these improvements were researched and discussed with Public Works <br /> Director Maurer and Assistant City Engineer Anderson. Ms. Olson indicated she has <br /> also included aerials and pictures of the proposed improvements and that Public Works <br /> Director Maurer would be providing a summary of the cost estimates. <br /> Public Works Director Maurer stated that improvements researched included paving and <br /> curbing the parking lot, removing the fencing that is in disrepair,moving the access to <br /> the hockey rink to the south end,paving the trail that leads from the hockey rink to the <br /> warming house and also possibly putting in a rain garden. Mr. Maurer noted that because <br /> of lack of parking, he has included expanding the parking lot which would require <br />