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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes <br />August 15, 2023 Page 6 <br />Further discussion ensued requesting the assistance of Senior Communications Coordinator <br />Cardona in trying to get both print and TV media exposure about the goat program. <br />Committee Member Plozer provided an update on the Twins Community Fund's Twins Fields <br />for Kids matching grant Program. $1,000 - $15,000 matching grants, applications open in January <br />2024. Hazelnut, Floral, Cummings & Royal Hills all have ball fields. Potential source of funds. <br />B. Trail and Parks Projects Update <br />Recreation Supervisor Johnson provided an update from Assistant Public Works Director <br />Miller, who is absent. <br />• Floral Park construction has begun. <br />• Tree project is complete. <br />• Hazelnut parking lot negotiations between the City and Trinity Lutheran Church are <br />ongoing. <br />• Safe Routes to School is understanding construction. <br />Committee Member Polzer asked that during the September 2023 Open House for the trail from <br />Lake Valentine Road to Highway 96 along Old Highway 10 include detailed imagery or data from <br />PTRC plan (attachment A) that includes information on previous and future park projects. <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Unofficial Trails <br />Committee Member Seemann introduced adding logs to edges of the unofficial trails at <br />Hazelnut to be delineated, not maintained. <br />Discussion ensued about Unofficial Trails and the potential for making an exception in this case <br />at Hazelnut. <br />Committee Member Seemann made a motion that the existing foot paths through the <br />woods at Hazelnut Park be treated the same as similar trails at Floral Park. No second was <br />voiced. <br />Committee Member Polzer offered an amendment to the motion "that the foot trails at <br />Hazelnut Park be considered to be the same as the ones at Floral Park that are not paved, <br />however that be taken into account after restoration has been done at Hazelnut Park". <br />Committee Member Kelliher made a motion and was seconded by Committee Member <br />Seemann to propose tabling the motion until after the 2024 Hazelnut Park remediation to <br />assess the nature of any modifications to existing unofficial trails. Motion passed 4-1 <br />(Polzer opposed). <br />B. Outdoor Classroom <br />