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4 . Open Mike There was no one was present for Open Mike . Open Mike was closed . 5 . New Business Review St. Clair Estates Development Chair Lindy requested Rick DeGardner to introduce theNew Business . Mr . DeGardner described St . Clair Estates as a proposed 35 single fanny dome residential subdivision located north of Birch Street and east of Hokah Drive; `This development borders the Rick Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Preserve . A future park has not been identified near the St . Clair Estates Development, nor ' are> any additional -trail segments at this time in our Parks , Natural Open Space/Greenways and Trail System an. City Staff has recently received inquiries from residents' requesting a mini-park%within the St. Clair Estates development as well as a possible trail . connection to the Rice Lake Elementary and Rice Creek Regional Park. Preserve traa_lsIV IV 41 . ` Possible Mini-Park Mr . DeGardner stated that the upland area for St. . Clair estates is 16 . 87 acres . Statutorily, the City could require` l0 ;percent inland dedication�which would amount to 1 . 687 acres in park land . The City would then have to compensate the developer a fair market value VIV of the land and seek additional funding for, `park development . Possible ';Trail Access to Rfj or; Regional Park Mr DeGardner described fYvo possible trail options . He stated that he received indications from Anoka County :that they would be willing to work with the City if we are interested in moving forward to try. to provide a trail connection to the Regional Trail and Park Reserve . L Trail AccessAo Regional Park - The first option would be to request a trail easement through Outlot `A br) Lot 3 . (Preliminary Plat drawing of St. Clair Estates presented to board for review) . An easement or land dedication would be needed to create the trail corridor . Park Board Minutes June 6, 2016 Page 12