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VJz:J CITY OF ARDEN HILLS 1450 WEST HIGHWAY 96 ARDEN HILLS, MN 55112-5794 March 31, 1997 Tony Bennett, Commissioner Ramsey County-District 1 15 West Kellogg Boulevard - Suite 316 St. Paul, MN 55102 Dear Commissioner Bennett: On behalf of City Councilmembers Aplikowski, Hicks, Keim and Malone, and City staff, I wanted to thank you for your attendance at our March 17, 1997 Council Worksession. We appreciated your availability and comments to Council. While your comments, and our questions and observations, involved a variety of issues,I'did want to touch base with you regarding our discussion of Tony Schmidt Park. As this park is of vital importance to the City of Arden Hills,we were encouraged to hear that it was also a priority with the Ramsey County Commissioners and Parks &Recreation staff. While not only the City's image is affected by the condition of the park, equipment and facilities, the high usage of this amenity should speak for itself in the importance our residents and constituents place on Tony Schmidt Park. We're very pleased to hear that $300,000 of funding has been made available for design work to begin in 1997. While the full project will not begin this year,we were encouraged by your comment that some construction will begin this fall,with the remaining planned improvements to be completed by 1999. We would like to encourage Mr. Mack to be in = . contact with the City's Parks&Recreation Director,Ms. Cindy Walsh,to coordinate this design process and construction activity. We would like to work cooperatively with the County in keeping our residents up-to-date on the construction, and the availability for use of the park. We were also excited to hear about the 1998 funding available for the trail system north of Lake Johanna. Again, we would ask that Greg Mack keep our Parks&Recreation Director informed of the progress and timetable on this trail system as well. PHONE: (6121 633-5676 - FAX (612) 633-7839