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Dave Long suggested that facilities lacking in Silver View are for the young and the <br />elderly. <br />Dave Rademacher suggested that the bridge would connect the single family homes to <br />the manor homes and gave an example of his daughter who missed the school bus <br />could run across the frozen pond to get on the bus as it made its rounds on Mounds <br />View Drive. <br />George Andres stated that he uses the park all the time and sees more active users <br />than passive. <br />Ron Fagerstrom stated that he sees lots of hikers himself included. <br />Adeline Lee asked about funding grants. Director Saarion explained that several <br />grants had been submitted, that funding has been difficult to obtain because the past <br />years of funding criteria has prioritized acquisition and water oriented projects, not <br />development projects. <br />Ron Margo stated that paved pathways could be plowed and used in the wintertime. <br />Dave Rademacher suggested that maybe the kids wouldn't be so bad. <br />Ron Margo told of examples of different paths in Minneapolis and their various uses. <br />Ron Fagerstrom suggested that the group divide the planning into three phases; the <br />pond, the nature area, and the active area. <br />Adeline Lee asked about the likelihood of a nature center, naturalists, and nature <br />walk. <br />Ron Fagerstrom asked about the continuation of the path. <br />David Long stated that he felt the path should be continued all the way around the <br />pond. <br />David Rademacher and Mary Saarion explained the history of when land was sold and <br />sales personnel erroneously indicated to buyers that the park plan was definite rather <br />than dependent upon the passage of the bond referendum. Therefore, property buyers <br />were erroneously convinced that the park plan was set in stone and not subject to <br />change. <br />The plan showed the bridge at the narrows and did not indicate a connected pathway. <br />The developer was to provide the bridge. However, the cost of the pond dredging <br />became more costly, and the elimination of the bridge become the negotiated item. <br />David Rademacher continued to state that the resident's around the pond are not <br />opposed to the path, but rather the principal of purchasing land with an expectation <br />that is changed. <br />CE <br />