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<br />Parks & Recreation Committee <br />Meeting Minutes June 6, 2007 <br /> <br />of dollars on the land and improvements and stop $15,000 short of a great park and settle for a <br />good park. <br /> <br />Item 2 - Tree Trimming, Clearing/Grubbing - This would eliminate all tree work from the <br />contract. Ultimate savings, would depend on how much of the work your Public Works <br />Department could handle. Some of the tree removals are pretty large and should probably be <br />handled by professionals. <br /> <br />Item 3 - Rain Garden Plantings - My thougth here was that we could reduce the number of <br />plantings, but not eliminate all the plantings. The rain garden is part of our obligation to RCWD <br />and we can't just eliminate all the plantings. The total value of all the plantings in the rain <br />garden and swale is around $27,000. I figured we could eliminate about half the plantings <br />without raising any flags with RCWD (half of $27,000 is $13,500). If those plantings were <br />eliminated, we'd have to supplement with special seeding, which I figured would be about an <br />additional $1,500, thus the $12,000 savings. <br /> <br />Item 4 - Limestone Outcroppings - This would remove all the limestone outcrop pings in the <br />Rain Garden and Swale (from rain garden to where the two swales connect). The bid tab shows <br />a cost of $8,150 for these. I have estimated we could get them to agree to $7,500, as there would <br />probably be some minor modifications which may cost a bit. This would not eliminate the <br />limestone in the Artesian well or on the swale from the well pond to the connection point. <br /> <br />Item 5 - Drinking Fountain - This would eliminate the drinking fountain and water service to <br />the drinking fountain. <br /> <br />The committee was supplied with the Hidden Spring Park Project Manual from Bonestroo, but <br />requests the specifications in layman's terms. They would also like a time line of what is being <br />done and when. Both Chairperson Seeley and Vice-Chairperson Amundsen were invited to the <br />pre-construction meeting and will attend, if they are able. Council Member Lee will get <br />specifications and a time line provided to the committee. <br /> <br />The committee was disappointed that with all the research they had done with the Rice Creek <br />Watershed District and Anoka County Conservation Department, supplying Mr. Statz with all the <br />documentation on rain gardens and lake shore restoration, that none of this information was used. <br />Neither of the representatives the committee had worked with were contacted. The committee <br />felt strongly about using the recommendations from the Anoka County Conservation <br />Department. <br /> <br />The committee also feels strongly that some of the planting selections are not appropriate for a <br />rain garden and would like to see a list of plantings before the plants are ordered. They also do <br />not believe the option of removing half of the plantings from the rain garden to save money is <br />feasible, as it will defeat the purpose and make the rain garden less effective. <br /> <br />The committee discussed all of the options to potentially reduce costs, but felt there was nothing <br />that could be cut that would make a significant difference, except for engineering fees. While the <br />committee understands the need for engineering, they do not understand how the engineering <br /> <br />60f7 <br />