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DRAFT LAKE ELMO PARKS COMMISSION MINUTES April 18, 1994 Vice Chair Tautvydas called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers at the City Hall at 7:05 p.m. Present: Tautvydas, Blackford, Leach, Knoblauch, Peterson, Kuehn, Heichel, Nietzel, Diederichs. Absent: DeLapp, Wagner. Also present: Park Supervisor Mike Bouthilet. 1. WELCOM NEW MEMBERS: Chairman Tautvydas welcomed new commission members Heidi Nietzel, and Steve Diederichs. Heidi is a full voting member, and Steve is 2nd Alternate. (Full voting member Steve DeLapp and 1st Alternate Rand Wagner were unable to attend this meeting.) 2. MINUTES: March 21, 1994 M/SIP Blackford/Knoblauch - to accept the March 21, 1994 minutes as presented. (Motion passed 6-3, abstain: Heichel, Nietzel, Diedrichs.) 3. ALTERNATE BIKING TRAIL - Sunfish Park (Continued) At its March 21 meeting, the Parks Commission voted to reject the bike trail proposed by Mr. Walt Bailey, and tabled discussion of an alternate bike trail to the next meeting, in order to review the Park Trail Plan and Comp. Plan Park Plan to be prepared to make a recommendation to the City Council. Chairman Tautvydas explained the City Council has directed the Commission to recommend a recreational bike trail, and also, mountain biking is a legitimate recreational activity, therefore, the commission should find a place for it. The commission discussed that currently there is not parkland dedicated for future development of a mountain biking trail in the City, but it should be planned for. The commission reviewed the Lake Elmo Trail Task Team Recommendation (Trail Plan), revised draft dated 11-1-93, and discussed the trail coming half way half way on Jamaca Ave, which then runs east, off of Jamaca, through Washington County property to Sunfish Park boundary, then skirts the southeast boundary of Sunfish Park, then runs south down Sunfish Park driveway to connect with the Lake Elmo Park Reserve. Fences or baricades were discussed to keep bikes from entering Sunfish Park. It was discussed that the cost of constructing the trails of the Trail Plan is going to be very high and will require grant funds, and the grants will require the trails to connect the parks, including the Park Reserve. Connecting Sunfish Park to the Park Reserve by trail is complicated issue, due to the difficulty and danger of crossing Hwy 5, therefore, it was realized that the trail of discussion is a future project. Funding for fences or baricades along Sunfish Park will be provided for in grant applications.