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'MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council Members FROM: Kim Stephan SUBJECT: Parks & Recreation Committee's Recommendation to Council SRF Engineering Clearwater Creek Trail Feasibility Study Proposal DATE: December 2, 2004 The following motion was made at the October 6, 2004 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting and was approved by City Council at the October 13, 2004 City Council Meeting. Motion was made by Committee Member Peil, seconded by Committee Member Lindsay to recommend to City Council requesting City Staff contact SRF Engineering for the purpose of supplying the Parks & Recreation Committee/City Council with a detailed proposal/estimate of costs involved and what services would be included in a Clearwater Creek Trail Feasibility Study for the purposes of including the study with future trail grant applications. All in favor. Motion passed unanimously. The following excerpt is from the December 1, 2004 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes: SRF Engineering submitted a proposal dated October 28, 2004 to be discussed at the November 3, 2004 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting. The committee canceled the regularly scheduled November meeting therefore the item was not discussed until the December 1, 2004 meeting. The Grant & Trail Subcommittees reviewed the proposal prior to the December meeting and requested SRF modify the proposal to concentrate on specific issues. The purpose of the feasibility study as submitted in the proposal is to provide a more detailed assessment of the two trail alignment alternatives that can be used to assist in the preparation of a 2005 Minnesota DNR Trails and Waterways grant application. The proposal was pared down to three (3) main bullet points: 1. Gather Background Information 2. Complete Inventory and Analysis 3. Identify Issues Relating to Agency Coordination and Project Phasing The Parks & Recreation Committee feel this will be an invaluable tool to be used in the grant process. Working with SRF Engineering will also be beneficial as they are already involved in the CSAH 14 Project. Chairperson Peterson questioned the timetable and whether requesting this study be started now would allow adequate time to complete the study before the next grant application is due in February 2005. Committee Member Seeley stated that the majority of the study could be done before the grant application will be submitted, although some of the project will require more time. The feedback from the DNR Grant Committee regarding the last grant application was favorable, but the representative Committee Member Seeley discussed this issue with stated the committee needed to resolve how to cross over 35E.