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MINUTES <br />40 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE <br />WORK SESSION <br />SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2000 <br />9:00 A.M. —12:00 NOON <br />CITY HALL <br />Present: Don Messerly, Dorothy McClung, Louis Speggen, Don Tix, Jim Crassweller, Jim <br />Johnson, Rich Straumann and Steve Zilmer. <br />Absent: Patrick Krenn. <br />Also present were Thomas J. Moore, Parks & Recreation Director, Michelle Olson, Program <br />Supervisor, Terry Post, City Accountant and David Grant, City Council Liaison. <br />- Introduction of David Grant, City Council Liaison. <br />- Introduction of Committee members. <br />1. Bethel Athletic Complex Update. <br />0 • Do we want to move the Bethel trail back to it original location? <br />Jim Crassweller moved, seconded by Jim Johnson, that we get an easement from <br />Bethel and try to maintain the trail on Bethel property. The motion carried <br />unanimously. <br />• Policy for future trail corrections. <br />The committee recommended a case by case review of each trail conflict. <br />2. Expectations: <br />• Discussion took place on the subject of paved vs unpaved trails. <br />• Jim Crassweller would like to have a mix of paved vs unpaved. Wood chips would <br />help out with the wet/muddy seasons. <br />• Jim Johnson would like to see a Master Plan in order to see where paved vs unpaved <br />trails are planned. <br />• Lou Speggen stated that Tony Schmidt Park will eventually be developed and we <br />should try and connect to that to our trail system. <br />• Don Messerly stated that a survey was taken many years ago that showed residents <br />preferred unpaved trails. <br />• Dorothy McClung thought that because the trails near her house have been paved <br />they are highly utilized — by families, young parents with strollers, etc. That would <br />