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Parks,Trails&Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes June 15,2010 Page 3 services and if Inland is in agreement with the quotes, then it can be brought to Council for review and if they authorize it can then go out for bid. She informed that the trail from Cummings Park Drive to County Road F is in the CIP to be replaced and will be included in the bid because it is along the same stretch of roadway and will probably provide some cost savings. 3. CP Rail Pedestrian Pathway: Ms. Olson informed that they are advertising for bids at this time and the deadline is - set for July 7, 2010. She stated the estimate came in at around $370,000 and the Council may use state aid for this. She indicated the railroad did make some changes to the plan which did add some additional cost. After the CP rail is completed, they will try to find some funding for extending the trail on either side. 4. County Road E Bridge: Ms. Olson informed the Committee that while the City was not successful in obtaining funding for the County Road E bridge, she indicated that Mn/DOT is now looking at replacement of the bridge or a redeck which would include pedestrian improvements on one or both sides of the bridge. She is hoping that they can get Mn/DOT to do improvements on both sides since that is what the County would like. Ms. Olson stated that Mn/DOT has put this in their 2015 Bridge Maintenance Plan Program and that the City needs to continue to show their support and the importance of the bridge replacement. The City and Ramsey County both have preliminarily stated that they may be interested in advance constructing that bridge. This would mean the City and Ramsey County would each pay 50 percent to advance construct in 2013 and then would get reimbursed by Mn/DOT in 2015. D. Hazelnut Park Property Lease/Purchase Ms. Olson reviewed that earlier in the year they had talked about Hazelnut Park and how the church was interested in selling a portion of their property. Ms. Olson provided a map and pointed out the land the church owns includes the Hazelnut Park soccer field the entire area in front of the picnic shelter and the parking lot. She feels that they could go without the soccer field but that the 20,000 sq. ft., which includes the entry to the park, is essential. She reviewed that the group did make a motion indicating they felt it was important for the Council to at least pursue leasing or buying this property and FPAC took a look at this and recommended that the City try to buy Parcel A and C. Since they have not received any dollar figures from the church, assessed land values were used and so for A and C it would be $160,000 taxable land value. Ms. Olson indicated she is not sure if the church would even consider selling A and C without B. Committee Member Straumann asked if Council needed a recommendation from the Committee. Ms. Olson stated the recommendation from PTRC earlier in the year was encouraging g g Council to pursue either lease to own or purchase of the property. The church will be meeting with the City at a future work session and staff will keep the Committee informed.