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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS . MEMORANDUM DATE: April 22, 1998 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Cindy S. Walsh, Parks and Recreation Director c5:J SUBJECT: April Department Report Parks and Recreation Commission The Commission meets on Tuesday, April 28. They will be reviewing the Trail Comprehensive Plan and making further recommendations for changes or additions. I expect the Commission to also spend a lot of time on the Park Fund budget and prioritizing projects. Rich Straumann, the newest Commission member, has been attending the meetings. The Commission now has nine members. I believe that this is sufficient. I do not recommend adding additional members unless we have resignations. Seminars and Conferences . I attended the Minnesota State Bicycle Conference on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. The sessions I attended included; trail design standards, sighting and taking care ofliability concerns, and regional and local plan trail planning. At this conference, I was also made aware of the Bicycle Planning and Facility Workshop sponsored by the State of Minnesota. :MNDOT allowed me to attend and waived the registration fee. Although the material focused on planning for bicycle trails and on-road bike lanes, a lot of the design guidelines and problem solving sessions were very helpful for the planning of future facilities. Ramsey Countv Sheriff Park Watch Program I have been working with the Sheriffs department to patrol our park areas on a regular basis. They have started a Park Watch Program in their contract cities to encourage nearby residents to report vandalism etc... as they see it occurring. The Ramsey County CAO's (Community Affairs Officers) are helping with this effort. I am hoping that this program can help to alleviate some of the problems we have had at Valentine Park and on County Road F (Lake Valentine Road). Renaming Lindev's Park In light of the discussion we had at the Council work session about the possibility of redeveloping Freeway Park and selling the Lindey's area, I would like to postpone the permanent renaming of the Park. Giving it a name and then considering the possibility of selling it seems to be contradictory. Unless Council expresses a desire to go ahead with the renaming, I intend to wait until the redevelopment possibility can be analyzed in greater detail. .