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• Community Park picnic shelter and the new swings at the Grove meet current accessibility standards. F. Participated in a youth service project that involved 85 students from RAHS cleaning up city parks and helping with a city wide tree inventory. G. Community events -Ice cream social and dead of winter event. Park commissioners staffed a Friends of the Parks Fund booth at the ice cream social. Dead of winter event had a website display and preview of summer recreation schedule. H. Summer and fall recreation programs had 270 children enrolled. Initiated a quilting class that received an award for their finished quilt. 2) Presentation on Folwell Corridor path Discussion of upgrading the Folwell corridor also known as the old trolley line. The park master plan identifies this wooded path as an underutilized recreational resource within the city. Maertz stated that the section of the path between . Coffman St. and the Lauderdale nature area would be a good first phase of this project. This section has the gentlest grade and minimal drainage issues. This section is 1800 feet long. Many students who live in the Lauderdale Hollow apartments use this trail currently. There is a substantial amount of buckthorn in this area. Maertz showed pictures of graffiti and erosion. Maertz stated that a paved trail with a 911-call button at the halfway point near the old trolley stop was one option. Evans asked about the process for moving ahead with improvements. Maertz and Deen agreed that the Grove neighborhood association and the University real estate office should be approached as partners. Deen said that she would put a notice in the Grove neighborhood association newsletter asking for input. Maertz said that he would make contact with the U of M real estate office and research grant opportunities. 3) Dead of Winter Event A. Winter park event will be held on February 2, 2003 • B. Sleigh rides, treasure hunt, indoor games for kids, skating lessons etc