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Parks & Recreation Meeting Minutes 08-06-03 and the park was very busy. The restrooms in the warming house were locked and there was a satellite by the parking lot. We looked at the St Paul Water property which is directly across the street irom LaMotte Park. Centerville Road and ~Meadow Lane Intersection We stopped at the intersection ofJvleadow Lane and Centerville Road. This intersection ojftrs a potential "safe" access to LaMotte Parkfrom a major residential part of the city. A trail might go more or less straight west of the sidewalk or veer south and attach to the "temporary" road that goes into LaMotte Park. Eagle Pass Park This park looked fine and the tennis court looked great~ Tracie McBride Park When the water tower is taken down, there will be a lot more room in this park. There is a lot of equipment in a fenced in area. Would some or all of this be removed? Right now, there are three diffirent play areas - one area might work better. One resident there wanted a skate park here. We discussed briefly a "permanent" skate park here and other places. In the previous meeting we discussed a subcommittee on Tracie McBride Park. ROJ,'allvfeadows Park Royal Meadows Park had 3 or 4 small children playing on the swings. We asked how they liked the park. They said great. Later a couple of them confided, you know, there are people that come here that swear a lot. I suggested they have their parents call city hall if there is any trouble at the park. There was grajJiti on the back ~f the sign and on the basketball pole (.<;ee pictures) Also, there were some grass clippings in the southwest corner of the park by the fence. All in all, this park didn't look too bad Acorn Park Acorn Park looked good We asked a resident how they liked the parle She said it lvas }1Ionderfid. About the only thing that needs attention at some point is a dead tree that stands at an obvious angle (see picture). A minor point for fiiture design, there is a catch basin directly in the path afthe exiting trail to the park. It would have been nice bring this trail all the way to the road but that is impossible (see picture). The trail and culvert at the creek look to be in good shape. There had been problems there before with washouts. Plaques Awarded We then proceeded to Karla Devine '$ and Brian Walter '$ house and gave them their plaques for service with Park and Recreation. Chairperson Peterson stated the building at Tracie McBride Memorial Park will remain when the water tower is removed, but the transformers behind the building will no longer be needed. He also stated he has tried to remove the graffiti at Royal Meadows Park, but was unable to with the chemicals he used designed for this purpose. The sign needs to be sanded and repainted. This could not be done this season as the Public Works Department did not have summer help. YD. ADJ01JRNMENT JVJI1)tion was made by Cha.llrperson PdersORl, seconded by Committee Member PeH, to adjOin'1m the August 6, 2003 Parks and Recreation Meeting at 9:12 p.m, All in Favor: Motiolll carried unanimously. 60f6