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I I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS f' MEMORANDUM DATE: July 23,1997 ) I - . t TO: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator i> ' I FROM: Cindy S. Walsh, Parks and Recreation Director SUBJECT: July Department Report I Storm Damage Uodate I My memo on July 10 outlined the park and trail areas that received damage during the storms. I anticipate having a report from American Engineering Testing. Inc. early next week with a recommendation on how to correct the Cummings Park wash-out. I I have also been in contact with Yvonne Chen at 1469 Colleen Avenue (she currently lives in California), She is now claiming that the trail could have caused her property to erode which I then resulted in the collapse of her retaining wall. Engineer Stonehouse and I have spoken to her several times to explain that the trail construction abutting her property did not require any excavation. Mr.Stonehouse believes that the failure of the retaining wall came as a result of the Ie over saturation above the retaining wall during the two thunderstorms that occurred within a few days of one another. The soil from her property washed down into the wetland area and onto our trail. Park maintenance staff did remove the dirt from our trail; however, I think that it is Ms. I Chen's responsibility to clean out the wetland area. I Sealcoating The trail areas around Cummings Park and Floral Park are budgeted for slurry sealcoating this summer. This work was scheduled to be done the last week in July. Because of the washout, I which abuts the trail at Cummings Park, I have asked Struck & Irwin Paving, Inc. to delay the slurry seal coating until late August. The contractor indicated that they were behind because of the recent rains and would most likely not be able to complete the job until mid August at the I earliest. Money was retained from Midwest Asphalt to seal coat Valentine Park with pea rock this season. I However, it did not get done with the other seal coating areas this year. Given the circumstances with the high water levels at the park now, I am recommending that it not be done this year. I will work with the Engineer to be sure that it is scheduled for next year. I Hi~hway 96 Trail I Ramsey County representatives Jim Tolaas and Larry Holmberg will be attending the Highway 96 Task Force meeting on Wednesday, July 30 to discuss trail route alternatives. We will be discussing this issue at approximately 7:30 p.m. for those of you that are interested in .. participating in the discussion. As I mentioned at the work session, I cannot support their current I