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Minutes of Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting, October 27 Page 3 • The time restraints on the Park personnel prevent the crew from reaching the maintenance standards that residents and Committee desire for trails. Additional seasonal personnel will be needed to satisfactorily attain these desired standards. Crepeau Nature Preserve - The floating bridge planned for the trail was not constructed; MSI's construction of the blacktopped trail made this seem not a good plan. David Eicher Proposal Eicher is proposing the Parks Department use his empty lot, on the north side of Karth Lake, on Amble Road, as park area, keeping it maintained, and providing picnic tables, until such time as he decides to either build on it or sell it. Buckley stated that the size is such it could accommodate only a picnic table or two for casual visiting by neighbors, mowing would not take more than a half hour a week, but he is concerned with liability of the City, and with whether Parks maintenance standards are compatible with neighborhood maintenance standards. The lot backs up on the lake, but access to the lake is difficult since the slope is so steep. Cummings Park is across the lake from this lot, so some park area here could be useful. Committee recommended that Buckley suggest to Mr. Eicher that he contact the Karth Lake Neighborhood Association to see if they would like to maintain it as a park area, with Buckley perhaps providing a picnic table. If the neighborhood sees a need for the site and would like the Parks Department to • equip and maintain it, the lease proposal should be reviewed and approved by Attorney Lynden. Crepeau Park MSI has installed a black-topped trail alongtheir property abutting the park. The trail is six to eight feet wide; a pick-up truck(s) has been driving up the trail and hauling out loads of black dirt from Arden Hills' Crepeau Park Preserve. Committee recommended Buckley contact MSI to discuss methods of solving the problem of vehicles on the trail, or recommend a barrier preventing vehicles at the beginning of the trail. Miscellaneous/New Business Guidelines for 1988 Park Development will be developed at the January and February meeting of this committee. Buckley briefly discussed the National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA) which provides training materials, Code of Ethics, and liability insurance for youth coaches. In 1988 all youth coaches will be asked to attend the training sessions, and sign the Code of Ethics; he feels the Association will be beneficial for training purposes, in adjudicating conflicts with coaches, should they occur, plus providing liability insurance. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.