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Parks Commission Regular Meeting Minutes March 12, 2018 Page 3 hoping to have clean-up kits available for people to take home to continue neighborhood 1 clean-up. She stated that more details are available on the CFS website and Facebook page. 2 3 Ms. Mroz provided information on pollinator kits. She stated that CFS is working to promote 4 a native seed exchange at local events, such as the Earth Day Clean-Up and Arbor Day events. 5 She stated that a number of the CFS members are interested in organic compost pilot sites. 6 She noted that curbside pickup can be challenging for a community of this size and therefore 7 they are looking at local drop-off opportunities. She stated that both Ramsey and Hennepin 8 counties have funding available to create a drop-off location within St. Anthony. She stated 9 that CFS is going to bring a request to the City Council, identifying locations within both 10 Ramsey and Hennepin counties that could be used for organics drop-off. She stated that the 11 CFS members have advocated for pedestrian and bicycle safety over the years. She stated that 12 CFS is reaching out to residents for assistance in asking both Ramsey and Hennepin counties 13 in collaborating for improvements at County Road C and Highway 88. She noted that a 14 number of entities are involved in that intersection and therefore prior planning would be 15 helpful to ensure that pedestrian/bicycle safety is being considered in the planning process. 16 17 Commissioner Jordahl Redlin referenced the organics collection and asked who would pickup 18 the material from the drop-off site. 19 20 Ms. Mroz replied that for the Ramsey County location, Ramsey County would facilitate the 21 pickup of the material. She was unsure how the Hennepin County site would be collected. 22 23 Commissioner Jordahl Redlin asked is Salo Park would be included in the Earth Day events, 24 as it was shown on the slide but not mentioned in the presentation. 25 26 Ms. Mroz confirmed that Salo Park would be included in the activities for the Earth Day 27 event. She stated that CFS identified two areas for the activities this year. She stated that 28 Salo Park works with the apartments nearby to clean-up that area. She stated that the CFS 29 will be more focused at Trillium and Silver Point parks. 30 31 Sports Booster Rep. Kuykendall referenced the pedestrian safety at the intersection mentioned 32 and asked if the pedestrian pathway would fit within the current configuration of the roadway, 33 or whether the traffic design would change. 34 35 Ms. Mroz replied that she has not personally seen those plans. 36 37 C. Recommendation to City Council regarding the Parkland Dedicated for the 38 Southern Gateway Project located at 251 Lowry Avenue (motion requested) by 39 Breanne Rothstein, City Planner. 40 41 City Planner Rothstein presented a request for parkland dedication from the Southern 42 Gateway project. She explained that City Code requires that every project dedicate a 43 reasonable amount of land, or cash in lieu, for parkland and reviewed the policy details. She 44 stated that the developer has presented a request to satisfy the parkland dedication required, 45 identifying the proposed parkland dedication. She stated that in addition to the park land, a 46