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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 5, 2018 Page 14 City should acknowledge those maps as being from that Plan to give historical understanding of where those maps are coming from. Councilmember McGehee stated on map 8, she did not think very many people in the Southwest corner of the City understand the policy as stated on the map. She noted people she talked to did not have the idea that instead of looking around for a park, the City already settled the idea of buying some little parks around the City. Councilmember Etten thought it was true of any of the documents to the extent that people at the time of this Master Plan and the renewal program in 2010/2011 were extensively connected to and that is where the strategy came from. Mayor Roe thought it would be beneficial in the summary to acknowledge the dif- ferent strategies as opposed to focusing on just one. Councilmember Etten stated on page 10, the information shows regional facilities and lists some different trails, it seems like all of the trails are on the east side and he did not know if it meant trails that connect people to the County Parks that are on the east side of the City. He was curious because he did not know about some of the major trails brought up in the Ramsey County active living piece, including the trail on County Road C from west to east all across the City and then connect- ing to other regional trails as well as the trail on Fairview going down into the U of M Campus and beyond. Those are examples of major trails that are being put out by Active Living Ramsey County as major County assets and maybe should be reflected in something like this. Mr. Lloyd stated he talked to the Parks and Recreation Director about that ques- tion and arrived at the conclusion that the trails on the map are shown as connect- ing the regional park facilities, not necessarily what the trails connect to or what connects to them elsewhere. Active Living Ramsey County has an entire connec- tivity map and the City's Pathway Master Plan has many more connections than just listed on the map. He noted the map is a limited illustration of what connects the three regional facilities and is something staff discussed to add into a legend at the bottom of the map to clarify. Councilmember Etten thought the map could be expanded a little bit with the ma- jor connections. Mayor Roe stated staff could also refer to the map in the Transportation Section, which gets into a lot more connections. Councilmember McGehee referenced chapter 9, Environmental Protection, the last section regarding the tree master plan and diversifying the City Tree Board, the City Forester, noting the City does not really have a City Forester that is