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PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 21, 2009 Page 5 of 8 easement with Scholl Co. Deluxe Corporation bought out Scholl's and therefore, Ms. Olson stated she would be contacting them to pursue an easement and once she has more information, will report back to the Committee. Mr. Messerly questioned if a trail was being designed from Old Highway 10 through the pasture. Ms. Olson stated the City did have a portion of land near the townhomes on Park Shore Drive stating the only concern was Vaughn owns the property and would require an easement. Ms. Olson reported that the City of New Brighton has a parks subcommittee and asked if the PTRC would like to have a joint meeting in the next few months to talk about the connections to Long Lake and the Elmer L. Andersen extensions. The Committee was in favor of this meeting. D. Project Updates 1. Safe Routes to School Ms. Olson explained the City had $180,000 overage on this project, which led to some creative solutions being designed for the culvert. She indicated the Council suggested applying for an ARRA grant,which was stimulus money to be used for transportation improvements. Ms. Olson stated there was a time table for these funds and lump it together with the Perry Park Trail. Ms. Olson indicated that this project had to be combined into one project within the application. She applied for the grant with the assistance from the City Engineer and Community Development Director. Ms. Olson explained that there was $7.5 million available for funding and that the City's project was named Elmer L. Anderson Trail Connections to show that it was part of a larger trail network. Ms. Olson stated that on Aprilpp projects 3 0th the to 'ects would be announced which would then move forward for further approval with a final decision beingmade b Met Council on May 20th. She Y Y explained the City requested approximately $288,000 for the combined project and that she felt very strongly about this initiative. Ms. Olson indicated that if they do not received funding through ARRA, the Safe Routes to School Project would be brought back to the Council for further discussion on options. 2. DNR Perry Park Trail Ms. Olson discussed this item along with the Safe Routes to School. 3. County Road E Bridge Ms. Olson explained that the Council had hoped to apply for the ARRA grant (economic stimulus) for the County Road E Bridge. However,MnDOT has several varying concepts for the bridge, which meant it could not proceed at this time and has become a very complicated issue.