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LITTLE CANADA <br />PARKS AND RECREATION <br />DEPARTMENT <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(651) 766 -4029/ Fax: (651) 766 -4048 <br />www.ci.little-canada.mn.us <br />JIM MORELAN, Director <br />(651) 766 -4045 <br />DON BOWMAN, Program Coordinator <br />(651) 766 -4041 <br />DEREK ANDERSON, Program Coordinator <br />(651) 766 -4042 <br />GREG HOAG, Parkkeeper <br />(651) 766-4056 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Jim Morelan, Parks & Recreation Director <br />DATE: September 19, 2003 <br />RE: Path Along Jackson Street <br />Attached is a petition that was presented to me during an on -site meeting Lee Elfering and I <br />conducted with the Jackson Street residents abutting the proposed path north of Rondeau Park. I was <br />informed by one of the signers last week that this petition was being drafted and would be presented <br />to the City for consideration by the Council. <br />At our on -site meeting yesterday, residents from all six of the abutting properties were present. Of <br />these six properties, four of the property owners have signed the petition and the other two did not <br />seem to have objections to the sidewalk project. <br />During the on -site meeting, it was explained that current City policy makes the City responsible for <br />clearing snow from the path. The property owners asked if they would be assessed for the cost of the <br />path, and it was explained that there would be no assessment for this improvement. The property <br />owners suggested that rather than spend City dollars on the path, that money should be used to <br />complete the gazebo that appears in the plans for Rondeau Park. I explained that the gazebo is not <br />being built at this time because of neighborhood opposition that was expressed during the park <br />development planning process. <br />While I appreciate the concerns of those property owners opposing the sidewalk, I feel the sidewalk <br />would be a minimal inconvenience to these property owners that is offset by the benefit to the many <br />other City residents who will have a safe, designated sidewalk linking Rondeau Park with the Water <br />Works Trail. Path construction is scheduled for this fall, in conjunction with other City projects <br />currently underway by Park Construction Company. I recommend the City proceed with the <br />construction of the path as planned. <br />cc: Jackson Street Property Owners <br />Parks & Recreation Commission <br />