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� t Park and Recreation Goals for 2000 and Bevond from Wavne LeBlanc 10/31/00 Of all these goals, the top priority in my mind is to: Comp2ete a SkateBike/Scooter Park hehind City Hall by June 2001. Options or prioriry considerations for other items are described with #he item. 11/1/00 Park and Rec Meeting Hopefully a11 will agree the SkateBike/Scooter Park is top priority. Pazk and Rec should request the plan for sidewalks at Hunters Crossing. A wlule back, that was one of the stipulations on the tentative approval of the development. (This relates to an item on sidewalks below.) Approve revised trail p1an so that it can be mailed to garticipants in the 9/25/OQ meeting. A number of items could be listed from the trail plan, but here is an important #ime critical item. $egin work on seeking funds for a pedestrian/6icycle bridge over 35E at Clearwater Creek. Anoka County Parks said they can probably help. As soon as we send them the updated plan, they could begin working various Met Council requirements and plans. (Target Nov 2001.) Comprehensive Plan Related � Review and decide requirements for sidewalks or not (I have some non-traditional ideas here on this}. Put results I in Comprehensive Plan (Target complerion Feb, 2001 in tune for the P&Z spring rush of developers.) Replace eausting comprehensive pedestrian plan referred to in the Comprehensive Plan with a new guideline. I (Target Feb, 2001, P&Z rush.} I Review requirements for trail access to parks. Trails should go all the way to the street. The design mistake of the catch basin dead center on the trail at Acorn Park I don't believe is a coincidence. The developer looked I everything over and saw a place to put the drainage through public land and did it. It will happen again. The drainage culvert is also too short, ending close to the middle of the back yard of the adjoining resident. If I lived � there, I'd ask it be lengthened to terminate closer to the holding pond. (Target Feb, 2001, P&Z rash.) � Review requirements of trail access right of way. Cunently, the guideline is an 8 foot trail, wi�h 6 feet on either � side making a total of 20 feet. At Acorn Park, decks and back yards of adjoining property owners have a low quality situation. In my mind, these properties aze obviously undesirable. The city should not allow such undesirabie situations. I suggest the easement for these trails be increased to at least a11ow a properiy owner to plant some kind of border. I suggest a width of 30 feet and keep the 8 foot trail width. This adds 5 feet on each side and I don't believe an additional narrow strip of land 10 £eet wide wi11 bread any of our deveiopers. Update the Comprehensive Plan. (Tazget Feb, 2001, P&Z rush.) Decide on guidelines for trail widths. In general, I suggest short trails such as those providing access to parks (]ike at Acom Park) be 8 feet in width. Where a trail is longer and especially those that would have bicycle traffic be 10 feet wide if possible (in front of the strip mall, it could be 10 feet, but by the cemetery, for example, it can only be what it is now, perhaps 5 or 6 feet. Approve trail plan and put in Comprehensive Plan (Target Feb, 2001, P&Z rush.) VVith new development, make sure trails e�ust to safely move people from every home to the main traii loops of the city. Then, pedestrian/bicycle routes could allow kids and everyone to get almost anywhere in the ciiy safely without having to use their cars. Put this in the Comprehensive Plan.