Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/10/2008

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Commissioner Hansen stated that he coaches basketball and so he is not sure when his schedule would allow him to attend. Chairperson Johns advised that Commissioner Hansen could go in with the later group and if something were to conflict with his schedule, someone could stay from the early shift to help out. She stated that herself and Commissioners LaMere and Shryock would take the early shift and Commissioners Backous, Hansen, Barr, and Erickson would take the second shift. She advised that those of them that take the early shift usually end up staying later anyway. She stated that it seemed to be smaller and more condensed than prior years. She advised that she would send an email to Commissioner Erickson to advise her of the schedule and asked that Civil Engineer Linton do the same. She reminded everyone that the Expo would be at the Municipal Center from 8-1 and would include a tree sale and presentations. Civil Engineer Linton advised that there would be two working watershed models along with a 'Tree House of Horrors' . Commissioner Shryock stated that there would also be a drawing and advised that if you attend one of the four presentations on rain gardens or landscaping you would be entered in a drawing to win a tree. She advised that the deadline for the preorder trees would be April 4th. Case #4: Continue 2008 Park and Trail Map Updating Commissioner Shryock advised that when she went through it there were a few areas that were not marked correctly. She thought that they should look at delineating the trail system as far as off road and on road trails. She stated that when they have a street route that they want people to use that they should mark that as a bike route so that until there is a full map, people would be able to follow a bike route to connect with another trail. Parks Supervisor Riverblood stated that they have done a little research at the staff level relative to any liability concerns with designating on-street connections to trails. He advised that none had been found. He advised that they could take Commissioner Shryock's concept and map it so that people would be able to look for trails before they went out. He stated that it would be low cost. He added that in terms of the public use of the maps for biking, they could divide the City into subsets of overlapping squares of the map. He advised that for some, even with a map in hand you could still have trouble navigating the city if you are unfamiliar with the many streets in subdivisions. Chairperson Johns stated that one thing that would have been easier for her is to know where the business developments were and what the areas are zoned for. She thought it would be nice to incorporate what they did at Cottonwood Park. She stated that if they knew that an area was zoned for business it would be nice to incorporate that so that they were able to get the experience. She stated that by looking at the map she was not sure where those areas were. Civil Engineer Linton stated that they could take a stab at showing something. He thought that the more they added to the map, the harder it would be to read. Park and Recreation Commission/March 13, 2008 Page 9 of 11