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y 4 Y Motion by Mr. Navin to recommend Ms. Karla DeVine to fill the vacancy on the Park and ' Recreation Committee to the Ci Council. Motion seconded b Mr. Porter. All in favor. tY Y Mation carried. � � tili A raisal Update on St. Paul Water U tv pp Mr. Bob Tschida from the St. Paul Water Utility called Mr. March earlier this week and informed him tha.t the St. Paul Water Utility has decided to wait to sell the properly until the lease expires ' on the home in two years. The Park and Recreation Committee can pursue this option more at a la.ter date. U�date on Anoka CountY LaMotte Trail Grant Mr. March received a letter from the DNR that announced that the City was awarded a Coap�rative Trail Linkage Grant in the amount of $7,900 for LaMotte Park. This grant will pay for 50% of the cost of linking our park trails in LaMotte Park to the trail system in the regional park. Mr. March has discussed this issue with Mr. John Vondelinde (Anoka County Park Director). It would be beneficia.l for the City to have the park trail constructed at the same time as the County paves their trail system Mr. March will coordina.te this issue with the County if the Park and Recreation Committee and the City Council authorize the acceptance of the grant. Motion by Mr. Porter to recnmmend to Council the acceptance of the Cooperative Trai! Linkage Grant in the amount of $7,900 for LaMotte Park. Motion seconded by Mr. I Larson. All in favor. Motion carried. � Workin� Conce,pt of Acorn Creek Park Mr. Porter gave a brief overview of the meetings held with GNN, himself and Mr. Larson. The CNN and Park and Recreation liaisons, have elected to go with the vendor GameTime. They are looking at a tenative installation date of October 23, 1999. Mr. Navin questianed if there was any money left over for landscaping or trees. Ms. Fairbrother stated the grant basically covers the playground, and that there isn't any money le$ over for trees and landscaping. Ms. Fairbrother mentioned tha.t there is a tree grant tha.t could be applied for ne�ct year. Mr. P rter felt a ublic meetin to discuss the conce t and future ideas for other areas of the ark 0 II I p � P P � should be the ne� step. As more money becomes available, the City could e�and or add to this park. Mr. Navin felt trees and landscaping are very important; however, energy should be focused on gaining volunteers by both the Park and Recreation and CNN to ensure the October 23, 1999 installation date. The consensus was to wait until we get the check or hear back from the DNR before we specifically set a date. i ` I ; Update on swin�repair at Tracie McBride Park Mr. Westerlund (Public Works) had an engineer out to inspect Roya1 Meadows Park back in June, who also inspected the swings at the Tracie McBride Park. This inspector informed Mr. Westerlund that the swing in question is not an infant swing, but a toddler swing. It is Page 2 of 4