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4 City of Lino Lakes Trails Committee 1/28/97 The 1/28/97 meeting was called to order by Laura Wolf. Members in attendance were George Lindy, Ken Johnson, and Ted Brausen. Brian Bourassa was absent. Minutes from 12/3/96 were approved. Marty Asleson had given Laura a brief summary of the results of the Anoka County Park meeting on December 12, 1996. Anoka County will try to have the Met Council move up the schedule for developing and funding of the Rice Creek Regional Park trail development. A request for $4.1 million dollars over the next five years has been asked for from the Met Council. Marty continues to work on the grant request for the Elm street trail. No work on the trail map has been done as of yet. Brian needs to meet with Marty to progress with this project. Other goals for the trails committee were proposed. After Laura had met with Marty, he thought the committee should be involved in the reviewal process as new trails are proposed in the new development and to be involved in a resource inventory for the Rice Creek connection off the n proposed town center. The members agreed that this could be part of the committee's role. A Greenways and Natural Collaborative has been formed and Marty had inquired if anyone from the committee could attend these meetings. Because the meetings were occurring during the day, no one thought they would be able to be part of these meetings. George had gone before the town council for funding requests for trail and park development. A request for a referendum to help with funding was approved by the town council and George expects this referendum will take place in late summer or fall. Discussion on trail corridor development and prioritization continued. It was decided that the first priority would be developing the trails along Lake Drive from Rice Lake Estates to the northern border of Lino Lakes. The next section would be to complete the missing sections along Birch street to complete a E-W corridor. Theri the bridge over Rice Creek on Hodgson Road and continuing a trail corridor aiong Hodgson to County Road J should be next in development. Alternative routes for connecting to the Shoreview trail corridors along Co. Road J were discussed. The above was thought to represent.a three'to five year plan. Development will depend on funding and ROW issues. The committee also discussed routes through the Rice Creek Regional Park connecting up to West Shadowlake Road as an alternative route to the town center until the Hodgson Rd. bridge is upgraded. Trail routes the Rice Creek Regional Park were looked at. A trail along Apollo Drive connecting up to a proposed Blaine trail at 109'' street was proposed. Discussion of,developing