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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-20-06 PTRC .ARJ)EN HILLS PARKS, TRAILS, & RECREATION COMMITTEE TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006 **7:00 P.M. MEETING" ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 AGENDA 1. Call to Order and Roll Call 2. Approve May 16, 2006 Minutes 3. Underpass update and trail connection discussion with Greg Mack—Ramsey County Parks and Recreation. 4. Operations and Maintenance Department Organization Discussion with City Administrator—Michelle Wolfe. 5. City Council Update—Gregg Larson 6. Parks, Trails, and Recreation Update—Michelle Olson 7. PTRC Vision Plan - Strategies (Suggestions from May 22 d City Council Work Session) 8. Governor Elmer L. Andersen trail and naming policy discussion a, Naming Policy b. Elmer L. Andersen trail naming 9. Toronto Pedestrian Charter 10. Celebrating Arden Hills Volunteer Sign Up 11. Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 18th—Joint Planning/PTRC BBQ Cummings Park—BBQ—6:30 p.m.—Meeting—7:00 p.m 12. Adjourn Attachments: May 16, 2006 Meeting minutes Tony Schmidt Regional Park Development Map Operations and Maintenance Department Organization Options PTRC Strategies for Parks and Trails Edits DRAFT Parks and Trails Naming Guideline Draft Toronto Pedestrian Charter Information DNR Grant Application Information A quorum of the City Council may be present at this meeting. ti i i • 4i _- �? a z / Mounds View � 0 .mo. w. r �,r. •'�,\ High School .4. \ ` ke r F8 La ,._ -, Ike .. 1 — :4. -•'t------ter � .;4. _ .... 5 � Aw ro I I 1 I 790' \ Perry Park \ j -' —""� ® City of Arden Hills \\I'.o LEGEND Existing Paved Trails ——- Proposed Paved Trails Turf Trails -- ,�. \ :._Wr.-_.•�I«-_wry:._,.„�,-- —— Proposed Turf Trails : .-- -City Trails � � ' r •,�} - �...-,� • Proposed City Trails Recreation Areas �'-:.s.._ 'yF'-'°=-',�y,,. � a':.We•_:-�. .aft Wetlands -- 1 Park Boundary 7 ——— — •.. _. : �.... Fishing Pier ® Swimming Beach MPicnic Area E Boat Launch ' ---- 1_� 'ETon Schmidt Regional Park --L3 RECREATION DEVELOPMENT MAP 3E � L I Ramsey County, MNE`- March 2006 ,-A EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 20, 2006 AGENDA ITEM: 4 TO: Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee FROM: Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator SUBJECT: O&M Department Organizational Structure BACKGROUND On Monday, May 22nd the City Council approved the O&M Transition Plan. On Monday, June 12 City Council approved a Recruitment Plan and Timeline. Documents are attached for your reference. I recommended that the City not proceed with the recruitment of an O&M Director at this time. Rather I would like to proceed with a process and timeline that allows the opportunity to develop and review options for the future of the O&M Department. I reviewed many historical minutes and reports regarding previous reorganizations and now have some background on how the City arrived at the existing structure for the department. However, I am not sure the existing structure is the best alternative as we move forward in the future. I want to make sure we have an organizational structure in place that meets the current needs of the City but allows flexibility for future growth and change as needed. Therefore I would like to take approximately two months to study the issue before commencing with recruitment. DISCUSSION I am now proceeding with the information-gathering stage of the proposed process. Some preliminary work has been done. We obtained sample organizational structures from other cities, and I've initiated discussions with the City of Roseville about the role of engineering services in the future. I am aware of the PTRC's interest in this discussion and wanted to provide an opportunity for input. My goal is to gather input and information in June, then develop a proposed structure during July. In order to facilitate discussion, I have put together four sample organizational charts. I want to emphasize that the following about these charts: (1) they have been prepared for discussion purposes; (2) they are based on historical and current information as well as drawing from sample structures in other communities; (3) the final selected option may be one of these options, a combination of some of them, or something different we haven't thought about yet; and (4) the City Council and staff have not yet commented or provided input about these options. Due to the timing of your meeting, I quickly put together these first four as a starting Page 2 of 3 point for the discussion. I am also including a brief, cursory discussion of some strengths and weaknesses for each option. The potential strengths and weaknesses is a key area where input is desired. Chart A illustrates the structure that preceded the current structure. I believe the strength of this structure is that it allows more focused attention on parks, trails and recreation separate from public works. This allows the opportunity for the development of specific expertise in each area. The weaknesses of this structure are that you lose flexibility from your labor pool; it adds another management position and department to the City structure which includes added costs, and potentially weakens the ability to pool resources as needed. Given our current work load and financial status, I am also not comfortable that we need two department heads and two separate departments at this time. Chart B illustrates the current structure. Strengths of this structure include increased flexibility from the labor pool, operating and cost efficiencies, less management overhead, and cross training opportunities. A potential weakness is the concern that some areas may get overlooked in favor of others (for example, more effort on public works issues versus parks or vice versa), either in reality or perceived reality. In addition, I am not certain that this structure best suits the City as we try to prepare for future potential growth as a result of TCAAP. I believe it is possible that eventually, with the new parks, open space, and recreation that will develop along with TCAAP, we will need to add staff to address those needs, ultimately needing to separate Public Works from Parks and Recreation. Another concern I have is that we have increased our in-house engineering capabilities via our agreement with the City of Roseville. I am currently managing that function, but I think it makes sense for this to fall under the Director of O&M. However, I don't feel comfortable adding it to a position that already manages public works, parks,trails and recreation. Chart C illustrates somewhat of a hybrid between Charts A and B. It contemplates splitting out some of the Parks and Recreation activities from O&M and changing the name of the department back to Public Works. However, it maintains the labor pool concept for maintenance of parks and trails and other related activities. Parks planning and recreation activities are managed by a position labeled Parks and Recreation Manager, which reports to the Public Works Director. As envisioned this position operates similar to an Assistant Public Works Director responsible for managing parks and recreation. What I'm trying to incorporate here is maintaining all the advantages of the current structure, while trying to address some additional needs that I feel are possibly lacking in the current structure. Equally important is that this structure contemplates future growth in that the Parks and Recreation Manager position can be upgraded to a Parks and Recreation Director in the future as needed. I believe it may be necessary to add additional recreation program staffing under this option, since some of the O&M Director responsibilities would be added to the Parks and Recreation Manager position, thus limiting some of the time available for recreation programming activities. This would result in an increase in costs versus maintaining the current structure. However, it would be a lower cost than reverting to the old structure of two separate departments. Chart D illustrates an option that splits parks, trails, and recreation responsibilities three ways. It also contemplates the possibility of incorporating the City Engineer position into the Public Works Director position, increasing our engineering expertise on staff. The Recreation Supervisor position would function as it currently does, except that the position would report GES Page 3 of 3 directly to the City Administrator and not to Public Works. The Community Development Department would handle parks and facilities planning. The labor pool would be maintained in the Public Works Department. The potential advantages are that it allows each of the three areas to be separately focused on, without having to add additional staff. Another potential advantage is that we may be able to add engineering expertise and experience to the staff, which would also potentially increase the value of the Director position and hence the recruitment pool of qualified candidates. (On the other hand there is a very limited pool of candidates for civil engineering types of positions.) Another issue is that the Community Development Department will have a very heavy work load during the next few years, with the Comprehensive Plan Update process and the possible development of TCAAP, so taking on parks planning activities may be onerous. Another challenge would be coordination of parks, trails and recreation activities among the three different divisions. However, some cities function quite well this way, and by splitting the responsibilities into smaller pieces, it is believed that better-focused and more attention is paid to each area. REQUESTED ACTION Provide input and feedback to staff regarding the potential options for organizational structure. Attachments MW Ilmetro-inetlardenhillsladminlCityAdministratorMemol2006l6-20-06Memo RE O&M Structure to PTRC.doc GES rr cra cn 41 tc3 � Q U CaKt -t« .to . w tQ IRS - IS 4-4 tom:: a� ,-A EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 17, 2006 AGENDA ITEM: 3D TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator SUBJECT: Motion to Approve O&M Transition Plan BACKGROUND On Monday, May 8 the City Council accepted the resignation of O&M Director Tom Moore. As a result, there is a vacancy on staff and a need to develop a plan for future personnel needs in the parks,recreation, and public works area. DISCUSSION The O&M Director position was responsible for parks, recreation, and public works functions in the City. In terms of the future, I propose a two-part process. First, I would like approval of a transition plan that will ensure that important functions are appropriately assigned and carried out. Second, with the transition plan in place, I would like to take time to study options for the future of the O&M Department. Transition: I am proposing three actions to provide adequate coverage for the O&M Department. The parks and recreation 'management responsibilities will be separated fro the public works responsibilities, and assigned to Michelle Olson and Schawn Johnson. They will take on the director-level responsibilities in each of those areas during the transition. With the additional responsibilities they are taking on, I am recommending a 5% Acting Pay increase for each of them. For purposes of budget calculations, I have estimated the cost for acting pay to be approximately $2800 for six months. If the transition is shorter, the cost will be slightly less; if the transition is longer it will be higher. The third action I am proposing is the hiring of a Temporary Recreation Programmer. The summer months are the busiest for parks and recreation, and with Michelle Olson taking on additional responsibilities, I recommend the hiring of a temporary programmer to assist her with recreation programs. This cost has been estimated based on 30 hours per week for 12 weeks. The cost for the transition plan will be covered by salary savings as long as we don't fill the position sooner than five months from now. Page 2 of 2❑ Future Options: I am not recommending filling the O&M Director position at this time. I would like to take some time to review options. For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is TCAAP, I want to ensure that we think about the longer-term needs of the city and try to plan our organizational chart appropriately. I would like this process to include the ability to develop options, and allow input from Council, employees, PTRC, and other interested parties. Once the transition plan is approved, I will prepare and outline a process to review options for filling of the O&M Director vacancy. RECOMMENDATION Motion to approve an O&M Transition Plan that includes hiring of a temporary employee and Acting Assignments as outlined below: Temporary Recreation Programmer $4700 Acting Public Works Director Assignments $1750 (Schawn Johnson) Acting Parks and Recreation Director Assignments $1750 (Michelle Olson) ------- $8200 MW Ilmetro-inetlardenhillsl4dminlCity AdministratorlMemo12006U-17-06 Memo RE O&M Transition.doc i ,-A EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 12, 2006 AGENDA ITEM: X TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator SUBJECT: Motion to Approve O&M Process and Timeline BACKGROUND On Monday, May 22nd the City Council approved the O&M Transition Plan. At that time I indicated I would put together a process for reviewing our current organizational structure and the recruitment of a new Director. DISCUSSION I recommend that the City not proceed with the recruitment of an O&M Director at this time. Rather I would like to implement the attached process and timeline, which allows time to develop and review options for the future of the O&M Department. I reviewed many historical minutes and reports regarding previous reorganizations and now have some background on how the City arrived at the existing structure for the department. However, I am not sure the existing structure is the best alternative as we move forward in the future. Therefore I would like to take approximately two months to study the issue before commencing with recruitment. With Council approval I will proceed with the information gathering stage of the proposed process. (Some preliminary work has been done. We have obtained sample organizational structures from other cities, and I've initiated discussions with the City of Roseville about the role of engineering services in the future.) RECOMMENDATION Approve the attached process and timeline and direct staff to begin implementation. Attachment MW Il metro-inetl ardenhillsW dmin l City AdministratorWemo 1200616-12-06 Memo RE O&M Timeline.doc Operations and Maintenance Director Recruitment Process and Timeline- June 2006-October 2006 Action Timeline Information Gathering Stage: June 2006 • Request input from staff regarding organizational structure- • Request input from PTRC regarding organizational structure- • Request input from other"stake holders"- Review Restructuring Options: July 2006 • City Administrator and Assistant City Administrator develop options- • Options presented to the City Council at July work session- • Preferred option approved at July 3 1"City Council Meeting Begin Recruitment Process for Operations August 1, 2006 and Maintenance Director- Deadline for Applications- August 18, 2006 Review Applications and Schedule First Week of August 21-25, 2006 Round Interviews- Initial Interviews with City Administrator, Week of August 28-September 1, 2006 Assistant City Administrator, and Operations and Maintenance Superintendent- Management and Leadership Assessment Week of September 5-9, 2006 for Finalists- Receive and Review Written Results of Week of September 18-22, 2006 Management and Leadership Assessment- Second Interview with City Administrator, Week of September 25-29, 2006 Assistant City Administrator, and two Time—Lunch/Process Overview elected officials- Time— Candidate Interviews Informal interaction with staff and management team- Time - Candidate Discussion Extend offer to candidate- Week of October 2-6, 2006 City Council approval- October 10, 2006 • Ilmetro-inetlardenhillsUdminlHuman ResourcesICLASSIFICATIONSIDirector of Operations and Maintenance12006 Recruitmen62006 Recruitment Timeline.doc PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE STRATEGIES FOR PARKS, TRAILS, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING STRATEGIES FOR PARKS 1. Disk golf course at Ingerson Park The PTRC gather information on the popularity of disk golf and found it to be increasingly popular. Therefore, as one of our strategies, we recommend development of a disk golf course at Ingerson. The estimated cost is $7,500. 2. Fenced dog park at Parkshore This currently undeveloped land south of Round Lake would well-serve those who need a place to run their dogs off-leash. Staff estimates the cost of this development at$15,000. 3. Improve warming house conditions at Freeway Park and Hazelnut Park. These parks see increased use during the winter months and the current warming houses are inadequate. We recommend utilizing mobile units. However, we realize that many options are available. At a minimum, the current warming houses at these two sites need to be repaired or rebuilt. We r-eeeffffnend peftable houses for-the 2007 skating seasen at ., �lI eest $3,825 for-a one time eleetrieal releeation at Freeway Park and estimated , time eleetr4eal releeation fee at Hazelnut Park plus $1,3 4 9.10 per-yeaf/per-site for-rental . 4. Improve the condition of Valentine Park. The park floods every spring clue to the fact that it is at a lower elevation than Lake Valentine. The play structure,warming house, and baseball field are routinely flooded. Replacement of the play structure has been delayed several times due to these issues. We recommend that options be explored to improve the existing conditions for future park use. 5. Bocce ball courts,bocce golf, and a BNa bike course. The PTRC gathered information on the growing popularity of bocce ball,bocce golf, and BMX bike courses and found them to be increasing in popularity. Therefore,as one of our Strategies,we recommend investigating opportunities for development of these type of courses within our parks. STRATEGIES FOR TRAILS Trail development has lagged behind our investment in park facilities for a number of years. The • PTRC recommends development of an arterial or"core"trail system that provides access to all areas of the community and in addition,provides badly needed access to the trail systems in PTRC Strategies for Parks and Trails Page 3 adjacent communities and to the regional trail system. But more than that, these trail segments become an integral part of the overall transportation network. 1. Tony Schmidt Park Railroad underpass This improvement has been scheduled for construction this year and will provide improved access to the Park from neighborhoods to the north utilizing already completed portions of the Arden Hills trail network. It will also form a strong connection with other recommended arterial trails. 2. West side of Old Snelling from Highway 51 on the south to County Road E on the north. We understand that this portion of highway is scheduled for improvement during 2007. We urge the council to allocate funds for a trail as part of that reconstruction. This trail segment is a key link in the major north-south arterial through the city which will eventually connect the existing Arden Hills with the new TCAAP development. This trail may be eligible for municipal state-aid funding. In the future, we envision extending this trail to the south along the west side of Highway 51. 3. Seu4h side of County Road E from Old Snelling to Connelly You'll remember this is the sidewalk that was before the Council a year or so ago and included the grant application to MnDOT for completing the walkway over Highway 51. Unfortunately, the grant application was not re-submitted this past December but we urge the Council to reapply next year and earmark funds for completing this very important trail link. In addition to serving as a link to Freeway Park and the commercial development to the east, this walkway is an important park of a longer east-west arterial transversing the city from west to east. 4. East Old Snelling from County Road E to Highway 96 This is a continuation of trail segment 2 and would include reworking of the railroad underpass north of Lindey's as well as a grade separation at Highway 10 and 96 to the north. Again,we feel that this segment is crucial to improved circulation between the existing and new portions of Arden Hills. 5. NeAh side of Lake Johanna Boulevard from County Road E on the west to Old Snelling on the east. Development of this trail segment would complete the southern east-west arterial through the city. It is heavily used now—year round—by residents and student from Bethel College and that use is likely to increase with the growing popularity of Tony Schmidt Park and the County's completion of the trail link under the railroad (Segment 1). Ramsey County has requested the Metropolitan Council to designate Tony Schmidt as a regional park which will further increase its visitor use. As a result, Arden Hills may be eligible for regional park funds to improve this trail and provide safe access to the park. PTRC Strategies for Parks and Trails Page 3 • 6. Traffic signals at County Road E and Old Snelling This intersection becomes a major connector in the arterial trails system and trails approach and leave the intersection form different sides of the street. For example, we recommend a trail on the west side of Old Snelling south of County Road E but on the east side to the north of County Road E. This same is true of the east-west connector. For this reason, and because of the high vehicular traffic count,we recommend signalization of this intersection. 7 SetAh side of Highway 96 from North Heights Church on the east to Old Highway 8 and Long Lake Regional Park on the west. This rail segment would complete the northern east-west arterial through the city by linking with the existing trails along Highway 96. It would provide better access to city hall and the development in TCAAP as well as providing safe access to the land and water-based recreational opportunities afforded by Long Lake Regional Park and the Rice Creek trail system leading to the Mississippi River. 8. Eimer L. Andersen Trail Designation The PTRC recommends that the trail located at????????be designated as the Elmer L. Andersen Trail. A naming guideline policy will also be presenters to City Council for their consideration for approval. STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING Annual Events—Some suggestions for events: Spring: Flower-Planting Summer: Celebrating Arden Hills Fall: Buckthorn eradication Winter: Kid's ice fishing contest, snowman building STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING EXISTING PARKS AM TRAILS Although we are eager to add park amenities and trails to our existing system,the PTRC is aware of the importance of maintaining the existing parks and trails. Therefore, we recommend staff to bring maintenance schedules forward to the committee for review and approval. These schedules should address routine maintenance and replacement schedules for trails and park facilities/amenities such as tennis courts,play structures,playing fields,and equipment. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS ASSIGNING NAMES TO PARKS,TRAILS,AND RECREATION FACILITIES Namina Procedure --Any Arden Hills resident, business, or organization may submit site names to the city. --Submissions for parks, trails, and recreation sites will be given to the Parks Trails and Recreation Committee (PTRC)for deliberation. --After careful consideration the PTRC will submit a recommended name to the City Council for final approval. Namina Criteria -- Geographic names must relate to prominent surrounding features to help the public identify the site's location such as lake names, names of bridges, street names, or community names. --Historic names must be associated with important events that happened in the area. --Functional names must provide a link to the activities, services, or programs associated with a site. -- Memorial names are meant to honor those who made significant contributions to societ through years of service or donation, who have been deceased for at least three years. --Renaming parks, trails, or recreation sites is generally discouraged as it removes the honor and societal value of the previously memorialized person. Memorials Memorials such as plaques or trees may be donated as a tribute to deceased residents. Donors must pay the full cost of the memorial procurement, installation, and maintenance. Plaque size and location plan must be approved by the Operations and Maintenance Director with installation supervised by his/her staff. �? e lotwnto- jAmkw&YW,1T Ohaz�te� Walking is the most ancient and universal form of travel.It is also an important form of exercise and recreation.Every personal trip involves walking, alone or in combination with taking public transit, driving or cycling. A pedestrian is a person moving from place to place,either by foot or by using an assistive mobility device.Pedestrians include residents and visitors to the city of all ages and abilities. In order to travel safely, conveniently, directly and comfortably, they require an urban environment and infrastructure designed to meet their travel needs. To ensure walking is a safe, comfortable and convenient mode of urban travel, the City of Toronto respects the following principles: ,jccessibility 01111vironmental Sustainability ' Walking is a free and direct means of Walking relies on human power and has — - accessing local goods,services, community negligible environmental impact. -- , amenities and public transit. i "quity personal and Community Safety Walking is the only mode of travel that is An environment in which people feel safe universally affordable, and allows children and comfortable walking increases and youth,and people with specific medical community safety for all. conditions to travel independently. alth and Well-Being ,community Cohesion and Vitality Walking is a proven method of promoting A pedestrian-friendly environment encourages personal health and well-being. and facilitates social interaction and local l ' economic vitality. tI•, - To create an urban environment in all parts of the city that encourages and supports walking, the City of Toronto: •upholds the right of pedestrians of all ages and abilities to safe,convenient,direct and K comfortable walking conditions; •provides a walking environment within the public right-of-way and in public parks that encourages people to walk for travel,exercise and recreation; •supports and encourages the planning,design and development of a walking environment in public and private spaces(both exterior and interior)that meets the travel needs of pedestrians; i •provides and maintains infrastructure that gives pedestrians safe and convenient passage f while walking along and crossing streets; •ensures that residents'access to basic community amenities and services does not depend on car ownership or public transit use; •sets policies that reduce conflict between pedestrians and other users of the public right-of-way; •creates walkable communities by giving high planning priority to compact,human-scale and mixed land use; •encourages research and education on the social,economic,environmental and health benefits of walking as a form of travel,exercise and recreation; •promotes laws and regulations that respect pedestrians'particular needs; •advocates for improving the provincial and federal regulatory and funding frameworks < " that affect the City's ability to improve the pedestrian environment;and •works with individual citizens,community groups and agencies,businesses and other levels of government to achieve these goals. NEWAt An urban environment that encourages and facilitates walking supports community health,vitality and safety. It will increase use of public transit; decrease car dependence; ., reduce conflict between vehicles and pedestrians;lead to cleaner air; green public space; and support green tourism. Such an environment creates opportunities for the informal PP g PP social interaction that is one of the main attributes of a vibrant,liveable city. Adopted by Toronto City Council,May 21,2002 N TORONTO j,ocal trail connections grants - Grants: Minnesota DNR Page 1 of 2 E r , .�:; Enter Keywords search Site Map Contact the DNR What's New? ( Newsroom I Events & Seasons > MN DNR Home>Assistan_ce>Grants >Recreation> Local Trail Connections Grants Program Main page Financial assistance program Program Purpose: To promote relatively short trail matrix connections between where people live and desirable locations, not to develop significant new trails. Eligible Projects: Land acquisition and trail development. Projects must result in a trail linkage that is immediately available for use by the general public. Local/area support must be demonstrated. Acquisition of trail right-of-way is eligible only when proposed in conjunction with trail development. Lands purchased with this fund require a perpetual easement for recreational trail purposes and a twenty-year maintenance commitment by the project sponsor. Projects inside state park boundaries and state trail corridors and elements of the Regional Open Space System in the Twin Cities Metro System are not eligible. Who May Apply: Cities, counties, and townships. Priorities: Priority is given to projects with residential connections to state and regional facilities. A secondary purpose of the program is to develop linkages to existing trail segments. Level of Assistance: Minimum grant - $5,000. Maximum grant - $100,000. There is a 50% "cash match" for eligible elements of the project proposal. Neither this funding source nor the "cash match" may be used to meet existing payroll (i.e., only contract services,materials, and supplies are reimbursable). Matches may not include other state funds, Metropolitan Council Grants, or Federal Recreational Trail Grant Program (formerly Symms). Costs must be incurred and paid for before reimbursement. This grant may serve as a partial local "match" for a SAFETEA-LU (formerly ISTEA, TEA-21) Enhancement Project. General Information: Projects under the current solicitation must be completed by June 30, 2008. How to Apply: The complete application is due annually on February 28. Download the application in MS Word format: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/recreation/trails_local.html 5/18/2006 Local trail connections grants - Grants: Minnesota DNR Page 2 of 2 • Application You can request an application from: Andrew Korsberg, DNR Trails & Waterways 500 Lafayette Road, Box 52 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: (651)259-5642 Fax: (651) 297-5475 E-mail: andrew.korsbierg@.dnr.state.nm.us us Related DNR Programs: All-Terrain Vehicle Grants-in-Aid Program Cross Country Ski Trail Grants-in-Aid Program Four-Wheel Drive Vehicle Grants-in-Aid Program Off-Highway Motorcycle Grants-in-Aid Program Outdoor Recreation_Grant Program Regional Trail Initiative Grant Program Snowmobile Grants-in-Aid Program Federal_Recreation Trail Program Other Related Programs: None. iBack to top Oc 2006 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Copyright Notice. Web site policies:Accessibility, Linking, Privacy http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/recreation/tralls local.html 5/18/2006