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<br />PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Ramsey Park and Recreation Commission conducted a regular meeting on August 10, 2017, <br />at the Lake Itasca Trailhead, 15700 Okapi Street NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Commission Members Present: Chair Shane Bennett <br /> Commissioner Russell Bayer <br /> Commissioner Jennifer Leistico <br /> Commissioner Brandon Sis <br /> Commissioner Jon Trappen <br /> <br />Commission Members Absent: Commissioner Andrew Fyten (excused) <br />Commissioner Charles Tchuinkwa <br /> <br />Also Present: Parks & Asst. Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br /> Lydia Major, LHB Consultant <br />Bruce Jacobsen, Consultant <br /> <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION OF LAKE ITASCA TRAILHEAD <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood gave a brief background of the Lake <br />Itasca Trailhead, where the meeting was being held. The Trailhead is within a 1,200-acre <br />conservation development, and the trail corridor was mapped out as part of the original Northfork <br />Planned Unit Development agreement. This conservation area is preserved in perpetuity, which <br />is a great achievement for the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated there was concern and <br />opposition from residents of the Northfork neighborhood regarding the trail development. After <br />the trail was completed, residents of the neighborhood connected to the trail from the south <br />contacted the City to say how much they enjoyed having it in their neighborhood, and thanked <br />the City for its conception and development. <br /> <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated the area in which the <br />Commission was holding their meeting is also within a 7-acre area that is designated to be <br /> Trailareas is an area of great beauty, <br />surrounded by a forest succession from the wetland, with aspen succession to mature Oaks. <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br /> <br />Chair Bennett welcomed the meeting attendees to Lake Itasca Trailhead. He called the Park and <br />Recreation Commission Meeting to order at 6:36 p.m. <br />Park and Recreation Commission/August 10, 2017 <br />Page 1 of 12 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />