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- - - Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 04-06-11 insurance, St. Paul Water Utilities permit and subject to DNR approval if necessary. Ayes — 6, � Nays — 0, Abstain —1(Amundsen). Motion Carried. The club has offered to help landscape the area to any degree the committee would like, but they don't necessarily need to do anything with the shoreline at this time. Trimming of some of the lower branches ' of trees on the property may need to be done, but that will be determined if the project moves forward. Mr. Dallas Larson & Mr. Paul Palzer. Cornerstone Park Fonntain Committee Member Seeley reported to the coxnmittee she had talked to Mr. Larson and Mr. Palzer prior to the committee meeting regarding some concerns from the Parks & Recreation Committee's perspective on the upcoming Trail Project. 1. The City, the Parks Committee, Bonestroo, and Veit a11 have the same understanding of what "fountain ready" looks like for the Cornerstone Park. The committee was under the impression from Mr. Mark Statz, City Engineer that while the fountain itself was removed from the project, the footings, electricity and plumbing would be installed so nothing would have to be ripped up at a later time when the committee had funding to install the fountain. 2. The City is not paying $30,000 for landscaping that could potentially be done with volunteer hours. 3. The committee felt $10,000 was too high for one informational kiosk. Both Mr. Larson and Mr. Palzer said they would look into the concerns, especially the specifics behind I what can be expected for "fountain ready". Mr. Larson reported that the plans for Cornerstone Park show ornamental plantings around the perimeter of the park, the kiosk, the colored concrete with the I message engraved `May Peace Prevail On Earth' in 4 languages and a round area where the fountain would be that is basically a planting bed for now. The original plan called for an expansive footing j system, but this was not included in the final plan, neither were electricity or plumbing. Mr. Palzer said there is an electrical box in the area that serves all the street lights, but no electrical work was included in the bid. There is nothing bazring us from getting electric and water to the site at a later date. Mr. Larson ' and Mr. Palzer had done research on pre-fabricated fountains and presented the committee with some ideas that would be more economical and require fewer footings or no footings at all. Committee Member Amundsen was concerned about the flat stainless steel grates included in the original plan for Mill Road. These were to be installed across resident's driveways. The committee specifically requested high domed ones as the flat or smaTler dome ones filI up with leaves and back up water. Mr. Statz said the plan would be changed to reflect the larger dome ones. The current plan calls for smaller dome ones. Mr. Palzer said he would look into this and talk to the contractor about changing them. The kiosk is in the plan, even though Committee Member Seeley was under the impression it was removed. The location of the kiosk was moved in the alternate plan, but it is still included in the project as it is a requirement of the grant. There is not flexibility in making changes to the contract because it is a federal project. The original plan had approximately $30,000 of landscaping included in the plan. Staff and the Parks & Recreation Committee objected to this plan as too expensive, as well as we do not have the staff to care for an additional planting of that size. The project was scaled back by Bonestroo, but still contains significantly more plantings than was expected. The plantings were left in the plan, but the irrigation � 3 of 8 �