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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes May 21, 2013 Page 4 double doors found they did not work out and that they caused more mainteance issues. Committee Member Tites indicated he also feels that if they have to choose between a park, Hazelnut Park is much better for a dog park because of the parking, the road in front of the park is not heavily trafficked, and the hockey rink is down out of the way making it less of a liability issue. Ms. Olson stated that these are all good points and she will have the subcommittee look into it. D. Lindey’s Park Prairie Grass Chair O’Malley indicated she would provide a brief update on the Lindey’s Park prairie grass topic in Committee Member Messerly’s absence and that he will discuss this item further at the June meeting. She indicated they will not be doing the entire area only down in the bowl area of Lindey’s Park. Ms. O’Malley reported that Committee Member th Messerly did get two estimates, however, one estimate indicated 1/10 of an acre at $2,900 and the other estimate indicated the area was 2 acres and it would be $4,800. Mr. Messerly will research this to find out how many acres there actually are. Chair O’Malley indicated that Mr. Messerly was thinking about having blue stem and different flowering prairie grasses. The committee questioned which grass would be less maintenance, regular grass or prairie grass. Ms. Olson indicated regular grass would be more maintenance because of fertilizing and mowing. It was mentioned that the triangle down by Presbeytrian Homes might also be a good spot for prairie grass. Ms. Olson indicated if the committee is in favor of doing the prairie grass it can be brought to Council in a work session after Committee Member Messerly researches the exact area and cost. C. Other Unfinished Business None 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Capital Improvement Program Ms. Olson asked that the PTRC take a look at the Capital Improvement projects that are coming up. She stated there are a lot of maintenace items that occur regularly and are on a schedule and those are automatically put into the CIP. These include playground replacement, the trail rehab which includes yearly trail resurfacing, and the hard court rehab whereby 1 to 2 courts are resurfaced each year. Ms. Olson indicated items she has included for 2014 are the Freeway Park enhancements, fencing for Perry #3 which is needed for adult softball, the Valentine Park Pathway and Forestry Implementation to handle the arrival of Emerald Ash Borer. Ms. Olson noted that there will be Playground Structure Replacement scheduled almost every year starting in 2016. Perry Park is scheduled for 2016, Hazelnut in 2017 and Cummings in 2018 and they are all on a 20- year replacement. Ms. Olson stated projects that will be considered for the CIP that need to be discussed with Council are the Mounds View High School Trail Connection, the