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I I I I I I I I I 11/21/94 PRESENT: Ryan Schroeder Steve Jankowski Mark Boos Sylvia Frolik Tom Anderson This meeting was to discuss development of a pedestrian transportational trail along #47 in lieu of park dedication for Rum River Hills Townhouses and in lieu of the City's flexibility in allowing the somewhat premature development of townhouses. Mark Boos stated that the City is looking for development of a pedestrian/bike trail on the east side of #47 from 167th south to 164th Lane in Barthels addition. Mr. Anderson stated that the golf course is owned by 7 individuals and they are planning to construct a maintenance building in the southwest comer of the course. The trail would provide good access to the maintenance building for golf carts so he is confident that the owners of the golf course won't have a problem dedicating trail easement. However, a dual use (recreational/maintenance) of the trail may require a width wider than 8 feet to make it a safe trail. Mr. Boos agreed that dual use requires a wider width. Mr. Anderson stated that the trail has will cross the golf course parking lot and they cannot afford to lose any parking spaces. Mr. Anderson stated that he owns Lot 1, Block 6 of the PUD and he would also like the trail to extend north through that parcel. However, that parcels accepts drainage from the shopping center across the street and that drainage has developed into a wetland. He knows from recent legislation that it will be difficult to run the trail through what he feels is an "accidental" wetland. Mr. Anderson inquired if it would be a possibility that the DNR would consider the ponds created in the development of the golf course as mitigating the filling of the new wetland for nail construction. Mr. Jankowski stated that with wetlands, the following rules apply -- avoid, minimize and mitigate. If you can avoid impacting a wetland, you don't even look at minimizing and mitigating as options. Mr. Anderson stated that the course owners may be willing to dedicate the trail for the easement and apply Class 5 to it, but he knows that they don't have any intention of paving it. They feel that because of the Rum River Hills agreement, there really isn't any park dedication due on the Townhouses. Even if there were, the value of the land alone equals the $8400 the City says is due for park dedication. Mr. Schroeder indicated that we are talking two separate entities. The owners of the golf course and the developers of the townhouses. The developers of the townhouses are the ones responsible for acquiring the trail property and if the owners of the golf course want to donate it, that is fine. But it is the developers of the townhouses that are responsible for paving it, not the owners of the golf course. Mr. Schroeder indicated to Mr. Anderson that in other areas, development of rransportational trails, which is what #47 is, were required in addition to park dedication and were not credited towards park dedication because they are transportational in nature. Those developers had to provide the land, grading, Class 5 and paving of transportational trails in addition to their regular park dedication obligations. Also, when staff first met with Mr. Dom, there was discussion of what amenity could be provided to the City in exchange for the flexibility of allowing townhouses to develop without City sewer and water. Many options were looked at and the City has decided upon trail construction along #47 that includes paving.