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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes May 4, 2005 Motion was made by Chairperson Peterson, seconded by Committee Member Peil to recommend to City Council that trail easements be negotiated with the Church of_St. Genevieve for a trail connection on the northwest/north corner of LaMotte Drive and Heritage Street to the existing trail that runs along LaMotte Drive, a trail extension fr0111 the existing LaMotte Drive trail north of the lift station to the temporary trail in the southwest corner of the property and a trail extension from the temporary trail in the southeast corner to line up with the Meadow Lane sidewalk on the east side of Centerville Road. AIl in favor. Motion passed unanimously. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc questioned whether there would be a median installed on Centerville Road in conjunction with the church expansion. Committee Member Peil said with the fIrst phase there would be a maximum of 30 parking stalls for the community building so traffic will probably not be an issue at this time. Hardwood Creek TMDL (Total Maximum Dailv Load) Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc requested a discussion be added of Hardwood Creek TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) as information to the committee. An advisory group has been commissioned to go through a process recently formulated by the Federal Government to study the load on Hardwood Creek, which is listed as impaired waters. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc has been asked to sit in on the proceedings and he accepted the offer. The timetable of the study is not complete as it is a new process, but Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc suggested it would be approximately 6 months for the initial phase to be completed. County Road 14 Trail Chairperson Peterson requested this item be added to the agenda and stated that City Administrator Mr. Dallas Larson and Public Works Director Mr. Paul Palzer had discussed looking at other options for the trail along County Road 14. The suggestion was to not have the trail follow County Road 14, but to follow the creek on the south side of County Road 14 out to 20th Avenue instead. The committee discussed this option and the pros and cons of this concept. Though a trail following the creek would be in a pretty location, Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc reminded the committee how difficult it is to propose to residents a trail go through their property and/or development where there has not been a trail in the past. The best way to put trails into the system is with new development as then people know exactly what they are buying and the proximity to trails. Chairperson Peterson stated the area around the creek is quite steep and there would be difficulty building and maintaining the trail and he questioned how well it would hold up. The committee felt this trail idea would not be workable as it would go through too many residents' property, require wet land mitigation, as well as Rice Creek Watershed Permits, andepotentially be very expensive. 30f5