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304 Mr. Culver reviewed the meeting with the residents that occurred in 2020. He 305 indicated, informally the Parks has an informal policy where, in practice, that if a 306 person wants to access the rear part of their property, that person can call the Parks 307 Department for permission. He noted this would need to be permitted with some 308 provisions. 309 310 Member Misra asked why access from the other side of the park is prohibited right 311 now. 312 313 Mr. Culver explained on the east side, he did not think it was prohibited but there 314 is a desire to have more of a looped path through this area. He reviewed the access 315 with the Commission. He thought the intent was to provide closer and easier access 316 to Tamarack for those homes in the part of the neighborhood on the west side. 317 318 Member Misra asked how big of a trail would there be. 319 320 Mr. Culver explained it would be an eight -foot -wide bituminous trail. 321 322 Member Cicha asked what steps would need to be taken if the Commission did not 323 recommend this pathway and the City Council was to not adopt that into the plan, 324 Mr. Culver mentioned that right now it is in violation of City Code. 325 326 Mr. Culver reviewed the steps that would need to be taken after going through the 327 City Council. He noted because this has been used like this for so long, the City 328 would need to figure out how this would be treated but the way this is being used 329 is clearly in violation of the City Code. 330 331 Vice Chair Ficek indicated one comment he saw was emergency services using the 332 back way of the trail and he asked if this were made into a pathway could 333 emergency services still use it. 334 335 Mr. Culver indicated it could still be used for emergency vehicles. 336 337 Member Misra thought part of this is that there are so many different issues at stake. 338 It is not just a simple trail issue to a park, there is also City right-of-way issues and 339 resident right-of-way concerns, but she thought one of the things is that she is 340 definitely sensitive to the fact that there are residents who have been using this for 341 a long time. On the other hand, this is City park land and to her she would not want 342 to see that wetland area further encroached upon to build a wider road. Access to 343 the park and allowing people to be able to use that facility feels reasonable. She 344 wondered if this part of the plan could be tabled until August for further review. 345 346 Member Joyce explained most of the homes were built in the 40's with tuck under 347 garages for access and are steep to access. He thought they were trying to solve a 348 bunch of different problems, and this is a complicated issue. He wondered what the 349 attraction is to the park. He wondered how the City is going to attract people to the Page 8 of 10