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