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. TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council Members FROM: Kim Stephan V>> SUBJECT: Parks & Recreation Committee's Recommendation to Council Trails for County 14 Reconstruction DATE: September 2,2004 The following information is from Parks & Recreation Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc, who met with Mr. Nick Eoloff from Anoka County Parks on September 1, 2004. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the county's trail plans with the reconstruction of County Road 14 and how that fits in with the Parks & Recreation Committee's Trail Plan. 'i Per Mr. Eoloff, the intersection ofCenterville Road and County 14 is proposed to be controlled with a , stop light. From the intersection of County Road 14 and Centerville Road going east, there will be a sidewalk on the north of County Road 14 to 20th Avenue. On the south of County Road 14 going east, there will be a trail to the freeway. West of the CenterviIle Road and County 14 intersection, Mr. Eoloff suggests a 10 feet wide trail on the Centerville Lake side of the road going to Wargo Nature Center. The fishing pier on Peltier Lake is proposed to be moved north to the dam and boat launch area near the Rice Creek Outlet. This is also near the Peltier Lake Bridge Outlet. At the boat launch/fishing pier the trail will be on the south (west) side of County 14 and the boat launch/fishing pier will be on the north (east) side of County Road 14. The county plans include a possible underpass for the trail at the boat launch area so trail users will not have to cross County Road 14. Mr. Eoloff suggests residents north of the Centerville Elementary School in the Lakeland Hills development use the trail through the school to get to the controlled intersection at CenterviIle Road and County 14. Mr. Eoloff will look at striping or something similar for residents on Peltier Lake Drive to get to the trail from Peltier Lake Drive. A decision needs to be made on the area west of Centerville Road. Mr. Eoloff suggests a 10 foot wide trail on the south (and west) and no sidewalk on the north (and east) side of County Road 14. The engineers could put a sidewalk there, but then the trail would have to be g feet wide and there just isn't enough room for both the sidewalk and the trail. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc suggested to the Parks. & Recreation Committee that there is more value in having a good trail along the south (and west) side of County Road 14 without a sidewalk on the north (and east), than to have a mediocre trail with a sidewalk of minimal value. Vice-Chairperson LeBlanc also felt the committee should recommend a 10 foot wide trail east of 20th Avenue. Mr. Eoloff would like a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Committee on this option.