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Devid l To,t~/loSo,~, D,r~ctor 550 Bunke, Le~e Blvd.. AnoVa. Minnesota 55304 Telephone 612. 757-3520 November 28, Mr. Carl Schenk, Environmental Planner Metropolitan Council Meats Park Centre 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Re: Proposed Regional Trail Corridor City of Ramsey Dear Carl: At the meeting on November 22nd with officials from the City of Ramsey, a discussion was held concerning the potential regional trail corridor in their city. This was in conjunction with two proposed deve!opments--Bulow and Rive~iew Estates Plats. Many cuestions were raised, such as trail width, alignment, ownership, development time frame and maintenance responsibility. Hopefully some cf these questions can be answered with the following. As Der the ' ~ ~e~_opo~ztan Council's Recreation Open Space Deve!coment ~ · "At this Guide Policy Plan of 4/86 on page 4' Obje~_~e 3.4, the ...... ~o~__a,. Council ~s monitorin~ and evaluating.the f~ur trail corridor projects for which funds have:.been granted or allocated (the North Hennepin Loc~, Rice Cre:ek West, hi~e Creek North and Scott County Railroad) before -~' A~ ~ _ ex~en~n~ the regiona~ trail corridor." This trci! corridor -~ ~' ~4 ~ ~' = River and U.S. Highway i0~_~.'.j the City of Ramsey is only prgpcsed ~ this time No time fra~' has been established for im~!ementation rt is the consensus of ~noka County. Parks Department that a 30 foot wide trail corridor is a minim...~um %-idth in the :dew-eloping areas of _ ~._~h~,. tn~s. corridor there the counUy, usually along a st'~eet. ',~;~ ;~ ' ' should be, at a minimum, an 8 foot ~,ide paved sUrfmce %'ith 2 foot shoulders and a bufferw'~_~h trees, shrubs or other screening materials (see sketch). - .... ". ' ~ ~' .- . ~ ', , '4 Private ~uffer Tra~l (~ Property (cont ' d. ) . curb street $~ree~'. "-