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<br /> Arden Hills Parks, Trails and Recreation Conunittee Meeting Minutes <br /> September 28, 2004 <br /> Page 4 of8 <br />. This year the rink will remain a pleasure rink and at some point a discussion will be held <br /> . <br /> with the residents to determine the future of the rink. <br /> Committee i.1ember Thompson stated that she would like to see an opportunity given to the <br /> residents where they could help raise funds for the hockey rink. <br /> Council Liaison Holden asked if they would be able to have both a hockey rink and pleasure rink. <br /> She stated that several parents have complained that the smaller children rarely have an <br /> opportunity to skate on the ice because of the hockey. <br /> Ms. Olson explained that there are too many issues with the size of the site to consider both a <br /> hockey rink and pleasure rink. She stated that one ofthe options is to coordinate and schedule <br /> ice time for both hockey and pleasure skating. <br /> C. County Rd E Bridl!:e/Trail <br /> Council Liaison Holden provided the committee with an update on the County Road E Bridge <br /> and Trail. She stated that currently five Council Members are for the bridge, four Council <br /> Members are against the sidewalk and one is for the sidewalk. She reviewed their concerns with <br /> the Committee noting that she has also had discussions with local bike groups who indicated that <br />. they would have preferred the money be spent in other ways. She stated that residents are <br /> concerned about the desigu of the sidewalk noting that they would be unable to get to the Lake <br /> Joharma areu via the sidewalks. She stated that North Heights Church residents feel the City is <br /> pushing this on their neighborhood when they don't actually want it. <br /> Mayor Aplikowski explained that there has been more negative than positive responses and many <br /> of the residents in the area have expressed concerns regarding the safety along County Road E. <br /> She stated that there would be a need to improve the interchange in this area due to the safety <br /> issucs and reviewed with the Committee. She stated that currently there is no consensus on this <br /> issue and indicated that staff would be including this on the next Council agenda for further <br /> discussion. <br /> Council Liaison Holden explained that some have a noted fear of the bridge adding that their <br /> main concern is not the traffic on County Road E but the possibility of vehicles backing into <br /> pedestrians from the driveways. She stated that residents have also expressed concerns regarding <br /> bicyclists using the trail or sidewalks. <br /> Chair Henry clarified that the majority of bicyclists would not be on the trail. He stated that the <br /> bicyclists are not the issue but pedestrians are. He stated that the residents he has discussed this <br /> with are more than one thousand percent excited about it. He stated that currently there are no <br /> places to walk to and people who do walk in this area feel strongly that the bridge and trail need <br /> to be done. <br />e <br />