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Date: 9/20/10 Item: 6
ITEM: Review and discussion on potential recreational uses of area to be turned back to the City following the MPCA landfill remediation project (Sunfish Lake Park West)
SUBMITTED BY: Carol Kriegler, Project Assistant
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The MPCA landfill remediation project is well ahead of schedule and is expected to be nearly complete late this fall. A concluding phase of the project will include grading of the site.
It is anticipated that about 10 acres on the north end of the site will be turned back to the City with the potential opportunity for recreational use of the area. While there will
be some limitations regarding potential uses and improvements, the site may well be appropriate for a variety of recreational uses. Past discussions have included a dog park, disc
golf course, sliding hill and skating rink as possible uses for the site.
City staff met with Peter Tiffany, MPCA Senior Project Engineer, in September in an attempt to express what the Park Commission has identified as potential recreational uses of the site
and in turn to gain an understanding of the MPCA’s limitations related to future potential uses and improvements to the site. Three members of the Park Commission (Rolf Larson, Mike
Zeno, Marty Dobbs) also attended the meeting. In the course of the meeting, Peter expressed that while the project will be largely complete this fall, grading of the site will not
occur this fall, but rather sometime next spring. This development will obviously afford more time and opportunities for planning.
Those attending the meeting will provide an overview of the discussion and the plan for moving forward. Carol Kriegler will also provide an update on recent communications between City
Engineer Ryan Stempski and the MPCA on the subject.