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Park Board Meeting — January 6 , 2014 Minutes 4 . Consider future connection of trail if Birch Street were to be extended east with future development . Regarding this item the Park Board thought the developer/ realtor should tell prospective property owners about the possibility of future trail development in this area . There was also discussion on when development would start , how long it would take to fully develop this area and who is responsible for maintaining the trails and sidewalks . 6b . REVIEW SADDLE CLUB DEVELOPMENT The Saddle Club is a 55 lot single family residential subdivision located south of Birch Street and southeast of Old Birch Street . Pheasant Run South will extend from the east and connect with Old Birch Street as a local road . Fox Road will extend north - south and terminate at the southwest property line to provide future connection to the existing Fox Road in the Foxborough Development . The Resource Management Plan identifies a greenway system and trail connection within the development . The greenway is comprised primarily of the Wetland Management Corridor ( WMC ) established by the Rice Creek Watershed District ( RCAWDA ) Wetland Management Corridor ( WMC ) . These areas consist of the high value wetlands that support high diversity plant and animal communities and are considered Environmentally Sensitive Areas ( ESA' s ) in the Comprehensive Plan . The Saddle Club property represents the final linl( of a multifunctional greenway corridor stretching from Deer Lane ( west of Foxborough ) to Birch Park ( east of Preserve at Line Lakes ) . An east-west trail connection is proposed within the greenway system along the southern portion of property between the Foxborough and Preserve developments , as well as a sidewalk along the north / east side of the new segment of Old Birch Street . Proposed trail / sidewalk segments are depicted in blue . The attached map poses two questions for the Park Board to discuss : 1 . Should the " north " segment of the trail be constructed to Fox Road ? ( Depicted in pink on packet sketch ) 2 . Should the connection south of Black Berry Court along Old Birch Street be sidewalk or trail ( Depicted in yellow on packet sketch ) ? This is connecting to the existing trail in the Preserve . Our conversations with the developer is that it should be trail south of Black Berry and sidewalk north but they are showing it as all sidewalk . The City will require payment in lieu of land dedication for purposes of public land dedication . A public park trail will be constructed by the developer along the southern portion of the development which will connect the existing trail in Foxborough and Preserve . The construction costs of the trail will be subtracted from the total payment in lieu . The outlots will be deeded to the City but are in addition to the park land dedication . 4