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Park Board Meeting - February 2, 2004 Minutes numbers. The park dedication will be based on the City owned property as well as the privately owned property. Staff is working on how to apply park dedication to the mixed uses on the project. Chair Lindy asked if other smaller communities like Lino Lakes have similar developments. Economic Development Assistant Divine stated she believes the White Bear Lake downtown area is similar. Newer developments have tried to incorporate all the different types of uses but have not utilized all components of the plan. The trails within this type of development are key to making the project work. Community Development Director Grochala stated staff will look for guidance from the Park Board when going over details of the community green and the townhouse park. Chair Lindy asked how close the trails in the Regional Park system are currently. Community Development Director Grochala stated there are mowed trails behind City Hall that go all the way to the Regional Park. It is anticipated that those trails will eventually be paved. There will also be a bike trail along Town Center Parkway to the YMCA. Anoka County will work with the City on their trail connections when the City gets to that point in the project. Pat inquired about the relationship between this development and the three other quadrants in the area. Community Development Director Grochala stated some of the quadrants will be fragmented such as the Target area. The other two quadrants are planned for commercial and the City hopes to link them together. It is anticipated that there will be a bike trail going over the bridge when it is reconstructed. There is land set aside on the Target site for bike trail development at some point in the future. Community Development Director Grochala stated he would keep Rick informed on the project. It is intended that the development will take care of all park costs. RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick referred to the Program Highlights Flyer from January 2004. He noted 160 people attended the Snow Day event, which was held on Saturday, January 24 at Wargo Nature Center. This attendance number is much higher than last year, but still not as high as it was the first couple years of the event. Over 120 people are currently signed up for the preschool parent /child Sweetheart Dance that will be held on Valentines Day (Saturday, February 14) at Centennial Elementary School. The first Community Outing this year is "I Do! I Do!" on Valentines 3