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Oakwood Park Rehabilitation Based on the direction from the Commission, Steve is developing an overall rehabilitation plan for this park. Considering all of the other items that need to be discussed at the next meeting, perhaps this should be on hold and presented at the October 27th meeting. ??? New Mounds View Park? !!!!! With completion of the sale of the golf course property to Medtronic, the City agreed to spend "up to $150,000" of the Medtronic Park dedication funds (of the $865,00 total) on the property east of the Sysco property. What this means is that the Park Commission will be given the responsibility of developing a new park in Mounds View. Since this area is generally wetlands and wooded areas, one possible use would be to create a nature walking area. Most of the discussions and negotiations with Medtronic revolved around the possibility of creating a walking trail on this property. The engineering firm of RLK was hired by the City to perform an environmental assessment of the golf course property. RLK was also hired by Medtronic to create their site plan. Due to their familiarity with this area, the City requested RLK to show some general concepts of where a trailway system could be located on this site. Attached are several versions of these possible trails concepts (located on the former Sysco property). The first version has approximately 4,000 feet of trail. The second version has about 6,100 feet of trail (4,500 in the woods; 1,600 along Co. Rd. J). The third version has about 4,880 feet of trail (4,100 in the woods; 780 along Co. Rd. J). Staff had requested that Anoka and Ramsey County review the concept of allowing street access off of County Road J and to create a turn lane into the site with the planned County Road J Project . The access off of County Road J was unofficially denied by both counties. Version 2 and 3 were then created. Both versions indicate a parking area at the southeast corner of Xylite and County Road J. <<Bridges Park Trail (Version 1).pdf>> <<Bridges Park Trail (Version 2).pdf>> <<Bridges Park Trail (Version 3).pdf>> It is now time for the Commissioners to take on the task of developing this potential park. At a recent City Council meeting, Council member Thomas asked if an arboretum could be created at this site. The City Forester has been requested to review this site and provide comment. He will be reviewing the site next Monday morning. I suggest that at the next meeting the Commissioners start discussing how the they want to develop this property. The first step will be to collect the necessary data. This may include a wetland delineation, a tree inventory, the creation of a topographic map...As a first step for the Commissioners, I would highly recommend that the Commission set up a date to physically go out and walk the site. Attached are the minutes from the last meeting. <<Minutes August 25, 2005.doc>> There's a lot to think about and a lot to discuss. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank You Greg Lee Public Works Director 763-717-4051 City of Mounds View 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 55112 2