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Parks Commission Meeting 8-9-00 <br />Minutes <br />Hugo, Minnesota <br />Parks and Recreation Open Space Commission Meeting <br />August 9, 2000 <br />6:30 p.m. <br />Firstar Hugo Bank Building <br />SEH No. A-HUG000009.00 <br />Meeting Chair: Robynn LaCasse <br />Minutes By: Laurie McRostie <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Present: Robyn LaCasse, Bunny Peterson, Bronwen Kleissler, Peter Pedersen, David Strub, <br />Chuck Haas, Laurie McRostie <br />Absent Nancy Chelmo <br />Copies To: Commission Members, Michele Lindau - Deputy City Clerk <br />I. Council Update <br />A. Chuck commented that the Parks Commission should be involved in the development of trail <br />plans along roadways. The case in point was 132nd Street Improvement Project; trails <br />adjacent to the road were proposed. Parks should have an opportunity to comment on these <br />issues. <br />B. The Rice property on Plaisted Lake was discussed. This property has been flooded. In the <br />past Browns Creek Watershed had offered to buy the property and the owners turned down <br />the request. The money the Watershed had is no longer available and now the owner is <br />wants to be bought out. They have contacted the City regarding this matter. Laurie will <br />contact John Rask about this issue and report back to the Commission. <br />C. The driveway ordinance was discussed. The Commission feels that residential driveways <br />should be 16 feet wide at the curb, the current standard. Trails and sidewalks will cross the <br />driveways and the crossing should be kept as narrow as possible. Narrow driveways reduce <br />the amount of impervious surface and the impact on the City's stormwater system. More <br />pavement would decrease the amount of open, green space in a development. Wide <br />driveways would also be visually unappealing; all you would see would be pavement and <br />garages. <br />Action: Recommendation to City Council in support of 16 -foot driveways. <br />D. Country Ponds — Outlot A of Country Ponds is City owned open space. It is not parkland. <br />This property is almost all wetland and is bisected by a ditch. It abuts Highway 61 on the <br />southwest side, vacant land to the east and the housing development on the remaining <br />edges. In the fixture the Parks Commission may be able to expand the property and develop <br />a City park. The property is vacant and grass and small trees have grown larger. Chuck <br />http://www.ci.hugo.mn.us/Parks—Recreation/minutes/08.09.00.htm 10/3/2007 <br />