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