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EN HILLS . Approved CITY OF ARDEN HILLS PARKS,TRAILS,AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2006; 7:00 P.M. ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL 1. CALL TO ORDER Committee Member Williams called the September 19, 2006 meeting of the Parks,Trails and Recreation Committee to order at 7:04 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Committee Members Lanny Baumann,Dave McClung,Rich Straumann, Cindy Wheeler,Roger Williams and Steve Zilmer. OTHERS PRESENT: Michelle Olson,Park and Recreation Manager; Gregg Larson, City Council Liaison;Karen Barton,Community Development Director,Andrew Evans,Boy Scout working on Citizenship Badge and Chuck Kachel,Resident. MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Committee Chair Bill Henry and Committee Members Derrek Hames and Jim Crassweller. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Committee Member Straumann motioned, seconded by Committee Member McClung to approve the agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Committee Member Williams had the following corrections for the June 20,2006 minutes: • Page 1, add Committee Member Roger Williams to the list of Members Present. MOTION: Committee Member McClung motioned, seconded by Committee Member Zilmer to approve the June 20,2006 minutes as amended. The motion carried unanimously. 3. ACTIVE LIVING GRANT DISCUSSION(Karen Barton) Ms. Barton stated the City was notified by Blue Cross Blue Shield that it was awarded the full grant amount requested of approximately $26,000. The grant is designed to support communities in preparing for a comprehensive plan update. All comprehensive plan updates are due at the end of 2008. The area the grant supports is the integration of active living principles into city comp plans for communities through policy changes, zoning changes and relevant ordinance subsection changes. Ms. Barton handed out a timeline for the Committee's information. It is a general overview of the comprehensive plan update process. The plan does include the opportunity for involvement in a variety of activities, several of which are workshops. The last workshop that was offered was"safe routes to school". The workshops are put on by the University of Minnesota. There will be five more workshops in the next year. Throughout this process we will involve the PTRC and rely on the committee to help identify the sections and make recommendations on the best ways to incorporate active living space. We are just starting the process and do not have in depth details yet, and will keep the committee updated as we know more. Ms. Barton stated that she and James Lehnhoff, the City Planner would be managing the work. Mr. Lehnhoff is the lead on the whole comprehensive plan update;therefore he will be the primary person incorporating • this.