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PARK BOARD MINUTES SEPTEMBER 5, 1991 The September meeting of the Lino Lakes Park Board was called to order by Vice Chairman Ken Johnson at 6:35 PM on Thursday, September 5, 1991 at Lino Lakes City Hall. Roll Call was taken, members present were Bill Nissen, Ken Johnson, John Baumann and Candi Toffoli. Also in attendance were Marty Asleson, Superintendent of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, and Parks Secretary, Carole Kohler. Chairperson George Lindy was in attendance at 6:40 PM. The minutes of the August 5, 1991 Park Board meeting were approved as mailed. OPEN MIKE: No one appeared under Open Mike OLD BUSINESS: Mr. Rick Gray , a landscape architect with the firm of Toltz, King, Duvall and Anderson (TKDA) , who was originally '� scheduled to appear later in the agenda was moved up to this time. Mr. Gray has been working on the matter of trails in the Wenzel Farms development. He stated that there are two issues involved here, feasibility and cost. The objective is to link up the Wenzel Farms development to Sunrise Park through a trail system. Mr. Gray displayed a large map with three different trail plans coming in/around Wenzel Farms, plans A, B and C. All of these would require coming from the Wenzel Property on the east to join up with Ulmer Drive, and going between certain lots on Rice Lake Lane to get to Ulmer. There are actually two different versions of plan A. A-1 - would take advantage of the existing right -of ways and utility easements. The length of this trail system would be 3300 ft. and the cost would be approximately $20,000. to $35,000.00. This plan would include an 8 ft. off street trail and some landscaping. The trail would come across Ulmer Drive to Second Avenue then south to Glenview into the middle of the park. Mr. Gray explained that there are some good reasons for using this plan, it is a centrally located trail, and the character of it would lend itself to the neighborhood trail type rather than the bike trail type. One disadvantage would be that it would necessitate going through some front yards and would take a lot of "P.R." work. Plan A-2 - is almost the same as A-1, but would be an alternate route to Sunrise Park using Ulmer Drive to Antelope, and entering the park from the north. Mr. Gray explained that this plan would be cheaper, the distance is about the same as A- 1. The trails would 01