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CASE 1993 PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM By: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator Background: During the May 12, 1993 Council Goals Workshop, we reviewed the 1993 to 1998 proposed capital improvements for streets, parks, utilities and municipal buildings. During this discussion, the Staff expressed that it was important to get Council affirmation on the 1993 parks improvements in order to initiate construction projects. Enclosed is the expenditure summary for 1993 which includes the proposed park improvements. You will note that from the Park Trust Fund, there are projects listed for the Emerald Pond Park, the Rivenwiek Park and Trail and the Amber Ridge Trail. As mentioned at the Goals Workshop, it is intended within all three of these and future park trust funded improvements that as dedication revenues come in, those payments will be allocated to the neighborhood park in question, It follows then that ff payments are not received, the improvement does not occur. You are all familiar with the Emerald Pond Park development which was initiated in 1992. It is expected that this will continue this year with the installation of the bridge to the island, initiation of picnic areas and the ball field development, as well as completion of the parking lot pavement which was delayed in 1992 to allow for settlement of the base prior to paving. Within the Rivenwick Subdivision, you will recall that the Rivenwick Developers and the City are jointly paving the trail that is initiated in the municipal park at the comer of Riverdale Drive N.W. and Garnet Street N.W., running south to the river and then west to the Anoka County Mississippi West Regional Park Facility. The trail grading was initiated in 1992 and paving will be occurring shortly. The Developers have recently completed grading of the ball field ama within the park facility and it is expected that the City will be installing the backstop for the ball field You will also recall that the City gained a Department of Natural Resources ReLeaf Grant in order to provide for tree planting within that subdivision. While this is in fact a capital improvement to the Rivenwick Subdivision, that particular improvement has not been shown in the draft capital improvements program for the City of Ramsey. We are continuing to work with the Developer on location and type of park improvements and it is expected that we may have an opportunity to provide for some improvements along the riverbank. Within the Amber Ridge Subdivision, we show $76,875 for trail improvements from the Park Trust Fund. You will recall, however, that these revenues will not actually flow through the City in that as pan of the Development Agreement, the Developer is obligated to consumct the trail system from the south end of his plat, north through the Juniper Woods and Gorham Sandy Acres plats to 153rd Avenue N.W. The parks improvement plan shows $12,700 as a Municipal State Aid funded improvement for the River's Bend sidewalk. Recently the Council dealt with the feasibility study for River's Bend 3rd Addition. It was noted at that time, within the feasibility study, that sidewalk would be installed as an MSA project as pan of that subdivision. Included is the north/south sidewalk along Xkimo Street N.W. Included as well is the sidewalk connection from the intersection of Xldmo Street N.W. with 142nd Avenue N.W. east to the River's Bend Park entrance. It was also mentioned during the Goals Workshop that Staff is requesting an allocation of $3,000 per year from the charitable gambling fund toward miscellaneous park improvements. It is intended that these park improvements will be those smaller improvements not considered within the capital improvements program but for which a 3