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153Sidewalks will be added to County Road B2 from Lexington Avenue to Rice Street o 154and from County Road B to County Road C along Victoria. 155Package K3 –Additional Sidewalks and pathways in Parks 156Selected parks will have pathway work doneto correct safety issues. o 157A roadway extension will be added to County Road B from Cleveland Avenue to o 158Eustis. 159Other Renewal Program Updates 160Land Acquisitions o 161Council approved a purchase agreement for the Mounds View property. We 162have moved into a 90 day due-diligence period to explore property 163conditions, if all goes well we could close on the property in 90 days. 164Staff are still in discussions with owners of a SW Roseville property for 165acquisition. 166Playground Replacements o 1673 playgrounds will be replaced this spring, 2 are community build projects 168June 7 is the Howard Johnson Community Build, 40-50 volunteers 169are needed to complete this project 170June 14 is the Materion Park Community Build, 15-20 volunteers are 171needed at this park. 172Doneen asked about the letter in the packet from Prairie Restorations Inc. related to o 173the Natural Resource Package and the complaints on the proposal process: 174Based on his personal experiences participating in the Best Value 175review process for the current Renewal Program, D. Holt spoke to 176how the Best Value process thoroughly takes the subjectivity out of 177the process. Evaluations and scoring are completely blind, you do 178not know who is coming in to interview until they walk through the 179door. Dave truly believes this process leads you to the best value 180contractor. 181Doneen commented that he didn’t feel the design of the process was 182biased. 183Brokke reiterated that the review team followed the methodology 184and process throughout the packages. 185 STAFF REPORT 1867. 187Brokke reported; th 188June 9has been scheduled as the joint meeting for the City Council and the Parks & 189Recreation Commission. 190D. Holt talked about how recent Commissions have handled the annual joint o 191meeting. 192Last year’s agenda was reviewed. 193Diedrick reviewed the Commission goals. The goals tend to give the 194discussion direction and demonstrate the work the Commission 195accomplished over the past year. 196Joint meetings during the past few years have involved a variety of 197Commissioners speaking on the topic/item they have led or been involved 198with. 199Commissioners were encouraged to review the materials they received 200tonight and pass along to Brokkeany suggestions for the upcoming meeting. 201Agenda will be finalized at the June commission meeting.