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r~1 NurEs City Council Dec. 28, 1988 Plowing City Trails (Cont.) Fahey asked if Public Works had. determined if the trails would be damaged by plowing them. Scalze r•eported that she discussed the matter• with the Public Works Superintendent who has ind.icated that more and mor•e cities are plowing trails. The City of Shoreview and the City of Roseville cur~rently plows a por•tion of their trails. Scalze r•eported that Public Wor•ks has plowed the trail fr~om Noel Drive to Center•ville Road, and this takes appr•oximately 15 minutes. Public Works feels there will be less ice build-up on the tr•ai 1 s i f they are pl owed. Publ ic Wor~ks i s cur•r~ently usi ng thei r own equipment, however, indicated that it may be necessar•y to purchase a snow plower• attachment for the plowing. However, this piece of equipment could be used for other~ City purposes as well. Scalze repor~ted tYiat she has had a reo,uest to plow the trail from the shelter in Spooner Par•k to link up with the trail currently being plowed.. Scalze r•epor•ted that Public Wor~ks has indicated that the Spooner• Park tr•ail is nar•row, pointing out that the newer• tr•ails in the City ar•e 8 feet wide and much easier• to plow. Scalze asked the Council's position on plowing the trail fr•om the shelter to the trail cur•r•ently being plowed. Collova repor•ted that he discussed the matter~ with some Thunder 6a,y residents who are in favor of plowing trails in their area. Fahey suggested that the trails in Spooner~ Park be plowed this year on an exper•imental basis to determine if plowing does any damage to them. Blesener did not feel plowing would damage the tr~ails as long as the ground was fr~ozen. Blesener felt that the Par•k Commission should make the determination as to which trails should be plowed, and should work with Public Works on the matter. Blesener felt that if additional equipment was needed to plow the tr•ails, that a portion of the cost should come from the Park Budget. Scalze disagr•eed, feeling that this was a natur~al evolution for Public Wor~ks. Fahey pointed out that at this time there is money in neither• the Par•k budget, nor~ Public blorks budget for this cost. Fahey suggested that the matter of deter•mining who will pay these costs should be discussed at budget time. Imp. ~lo. Fahey noted that the City has received a petition from the School District 88-23 for Improvement No. 88-23 (Little Canada School), school drainage, parking lot and sidewalk improvement. Agenda Item No. 6a Page -2-