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" " TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Kim Stephan SUBJECT: Parks & Recreation Recommendation for Hunters Crossing 2ndAddition DATE: March 7,2003 Motion was made by Committee Member Peil, seconded by Chairperson DeVine to recommend to City Council to accept Mr. Richard Carlson's proposal as presented at the March 5, 2003 Parks & Recreation Committee meeting. This would include 3 Y2 acres of wetland with approximately 1 acre of dry ground, changing the location of the trail to surround the large pond besides Wiharbor's property to the north side and to accept the land as a donation to the city taking park dedication fees in lieu of land. All sidewalks will be eliminated in this development and the trail will be extended from the northeast corner along the west side of the development using the St. Paul Water Utility easement, with a stub from the trail to Beaver Pond Way between lots 1 and 2, block 1 and a stub between the trail and Beaver Pond Way between lots 15 and 16, block 1. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. The following was taken from the 03-12-03 City Council Meeting Minutes: Council Member Lee indicated there is a motion that is missing from the agenda and it was in regard to a Parks and Recreation recommendation concerning Hunter's Crossing. Ms. Moore-Sykes explained that it was pulled from the agenda because the wording of the motion was confusing and sent back to the Parks and Recreation Committee for clarification. Ms. De Vine asked for clarification on procedures and protocol because she does not understand why when the Committee makes a recommendation it is removed from the agenda by Staff She then suggested that Staff could review the tape from the meeting ifthere was confusion about the motion. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated the motion did not reflect the discussion and she was not sure what the request was so she removed it from the agenda as she did not feel she could adequately explain it to Council. She further indicated she had sent it back to the Committee for verification as she did not know that Ms. De Vine would be at the Council meeting to interpret the motion. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated Staff could not understand if it was money or land. Ms. DeVine indicated it was not the land or the sidewalks, it was the northwest stub for a trail, whether or not it was between Lot 1 and 2 or Lots 5 and 6 or at all. Council Member Broussard Vickers recommended having the motion read back for clarification if there is a long motion to avoid this type of issue in the future. Ms. Stephan indicated she listened to the tape and typed it verbatim but the Committee had a stub where it is not feasible to have a stub. There was confusion among three members DeVine said between Lots 2 and 3, Brian said between Lots 5 and 6 and that is swamp and Lots 2 and 3 is two lots away from the trail.