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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes April 6, 2005 Wheels Skate Park Equipment Chairperson Peterson updated the committee with the status of the new skate park equipment. The owner of DuraFun called Public Works to say they had made a mistake on the quote submitted to the City and had not included installation in the cost. The quote stated installation was included. Chairperson Peterson made multiple phone calls to ensure the price was inclusive before submitting the order and was told that it was and informed the owner of DuraFun the same. They discussed what would be necessary to send this change back through the Parks & Recreation Committee and then City Council and the time delay it would cost. DuraFun agreed to proceed with the work as per the quoted amount. Chairperson Peterson spoke with Mr. Palzer, Public Works Director & Mr. Meyer, Finance Director and it was decided that Public Works would help with the installation of the skate park equipment as a compromise to defray some of the loss of profit to DuraFun. The agreement was the installation would be started as soon as the frost is out of the ground. The frost is currently out of the ground. Chairperson Peterson will call DuraFun to inquire as to the start date. Trail Meetin2 Between the Cities of Centerville. Lino Lakes. HU20. Anoka County Parks & Anoka County Hi2hwav Department to Coordinate Trail Efforts Chairperson Peterson met with Mr. Nick Eloff, Anoka County Parks and went over the master trail plan as presented by SRF Engineering and the 2004 DNR Grant Application. Mr. Eloff was going to meet with representatives ofLino Lakes & Hugo to coordinate trail information. Chairperson Peterson had some corrections to Mr. Eloff's information and discussed how Centerville's plan shows the trail on the south side of County Road 14 approaching 35E and the City of Hugo has the trail on the north side. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc was at the AUAR Meeting where it was discussed the Hugo trail on the north side of the road would cross to the south side of County Road 14 in the vicinity of Victor Gardens and tie into the trail in that development. Mr. Larson questioned whether a separate pedestrian crossing had been discussed to which Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc responded that a pedestrian trail over 35E would be the ultimate in the grand plan, but MNDOT had ruled that out as too expensive of an option and would design something ultimately with the new interchange. Committee Member Peil questioned what was Mr. Eloff's agenda, who is he doing this for, was there a presentation on Anoka County's part? Chairperson Peterson stated he did not feel there was any agenda on Anoka County's part other than to gather information so everyone involved is on the same page. Chairperson Peterson will keep the committee informed. Financial Update Chairperson Peterson met with Mr. Meyer, Finance Director regarding the type of information the committee would like to see in Parks & Recreation Committee financial reports. For instance, in the latest report to the committee it does not show the projects that have been completed and paid for deducted from the park funds. The committee would like a running total. The financial report supplied to the committee did not accurately reflect the committee's budget and goals that was presented to City Council, such as $8,000 budgeted for skate park equipment and $45,000 budgeted for play ground equipment at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park Kathy were not included. 60f7