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Lake Elmo Park Commission Minutes of the Regular Meeting August 21, 2006 Chairman Schumacher called the Special Parks Commission meeting to order at 7:00 PM. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Schumacher, Terry Bouthilet, Wafters, Larson, Blackford, Wagner, and Ames. STAFF PRESENT: Public Works Superintendent Mike Bouthilet, Assistant City Planner Matzek, and City Planner Dillerud. Agenda M/S/P Watters/Ames to approve the Agenda as published. 7:0 Minutes M/S/P Blackford/Watters to approve the Minutes July 17, 2006 as presented. 7-0 M/S/P Watters/Wagner to approve the Minutes of July 25, 2006 amending the vote on Agenda Item #3 to read Larson as abstaining rather than, and Watters voting "aye". 7-0 Fields of St. Croix Public Trail Link Assistant Planner Matzek presented the Commission several Power Point slides describing a proposal that Commissioner Larson has been working on for several months that would extend the City public trail system from 501h Street North through Fields of St. Croix to Tana Park, and eventually to the Old Village. She explained and depicted both existing HOA trails that would be converted by easement to public trails and new public trails that would be constructed within HOA outlots. She also reviewed trail signage and intersection modifications that have been developed by Commissioner Larson to clearly define what trails remain private as those trails intersect the new public trails within Fields. Commissioner Larson explained that it was his intent to present the City's proposal to the September annual meeting of the Fields HOA, and seek HOA membership authorization for the HOA Board to continue forward with the necessary easement execution and trail improvements as depicted by the plan presented. Ms. Matzek suggested that from Tana Park there would be an option to continue the public trail south to Highway 5, or west through land that will be developed in accordance with the in -progress Village Area Plan. In either case, the intent (from the Trails System Plan) is to link the Sanctuary (and neighborhood park), Carriage Station (and neighborhood park), Tamarack Farms, Tana Ridge and Fields neighborhoods to Tana Park and the Old Village using this proposed link. She suggested that it may be best to await completion of Village Area plans and development of the Heritage property to the west before extending the link beyond Tana Park.