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AMEN i APPROVED: 07/25/05 City of Lake Elmo .Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of July 11, 2006 Chairman Hely ig called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission at 7:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Van Zandt, Lyzenga, Sedro, Roth, Schneider, Flifiet, and Armstrong (7:04), Deziel (7:08). STAFF PRESENT: Administrator Rafferty, Planner Dillerud, Superintendent Bouthilet, and Recording Secretary Schaffel. ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Johnston, Councilmembers Johnson, Smith and Conlin (7:22). Agenda M/S/P, Sedro/Lyzenga, to accept the Agenda as presented. VOTE: 7:0. Minutes M/S/P, Sedro/Lyzenga, to accept the Minutes of June 27, 2005 as presented. VOTE: 7:0. Commissioner Armstrong arrived at 7:04 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING: Amend Comprehensive Plan —Trails System Plan The Planner explained that the Planning Commission will review the Trails System Plan for two reasons: staff did not know when the Comprehensive Plan hearing would. take place and the Parks Comnussion spent over one year developing this plan. State Statute requires every Comprehensive Plan Amendment must be heard by the Planning Commission. A Trails System Plan was done several years ago that was not adopted. Numerous changes have occurred since then that have a bearing on the Trails System Plan. The Trails Plan designates links of neighborhoods to destinations. The CIP has had funds for it but no trails were planned. The general corridors have been sited within the Trails System Plan but the actual locations will not be determined until those segments are selected for further consideration and/or construction. Superintendent Bouthilet said there were two changes to the trail alignments within the Trails Plan as presented that include the segment from 20s' Street to 30a' Street along Legion so the trail would not go through the Eden Park neighborhood instead will go up along the right-of-way when that area is developed. Another trail link was removed from Sunfish Lake Park Commissioner Deziel arrived at 7:08 p.m. Commissioner Sedro asked whether the City removed those sections from the Trails Plan and would there be a gap in the trail in those locations. She said that segment should not be on the plan because of bikes going through anyway. She asked if the city is creating an enforcement issue by not including that segment. The Superintendent said they just removed the graphics. The trails are already constructed. He said there are accesses to Sunfish from the parking lot entrance, the trail from Tapestry, the trail from Hamlet on Sunfish, and from the Public Works site. He said there is already an enforcement issue. Parks Commissioner Larson said he had formatting and editing suggestions including that appendices should be numbered. He suggested adding a paragraph he drafted to identify safety issues. Commissioner Schneider.asked which map was most recent. The map dated April 18, 2005 is most recent. THE CHAIILMAN OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:21 P.M. Linda Bernier Ms. Bernier said that based on their comments, staff is not prepared for the meeting. Legion Avenue is not even depicted as a trail on the map; Lisbon was a few months ago. Legion Park is an older, Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of July 11, 2005 1