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<br />Ms. Bartels stated it would be an area where people could go and look at birds. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns stated it may be better in another area because of all of the activity going on. <br /> <br />Commissioner Ostrum asked if they could have a sledding area. <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels stated they will have this more in the neighborhood park area. <br /> <br />Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos asked if a sidewalk would be good in the area or should they have <br />trails that would go into the park. He stated if the sidewalk was adjacent to the street, should <br />they have loops going to the sidewalks from the trails. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding how the walkways should be connected for pedestrians. <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels stated Mr. Bruce ?? was envisioning the area with formal sidewalks and plantings <br />going all the way down. The sidewalk becomes a trail but stays along the parks. <br /> <br /> <br />Neighborhood Parks <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels showed a map of the neighborhood parks. She stated the neighborhood parks have a <br />lot of different character to them. The park by the Charter School will not have a lot of open <br />space so they will need more informal areas. The other park is around the DNR protected water. <br />The storm water will go through the park along with trails. <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels discussed what will be around the neighborhood parks and the traffic and pedestrian <br />patterns. <br /> <br />Commissioner Olds asked if this was a wet area in the DNR protected area. <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels stated when she was there, it was dry and she did not know if the DNR would allow <br />them to dredge the area. <br /> <br />Ms. Bartels showed drawings of the north and south parks and described what would be at each <br />park. <br /> <br />Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos stated he thought the elevation plan on the north park is what <br />they would want because the sliding hill would need to be moved because of the sun. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns asked if they have talked to the school yet and if they had formalized sports <br />plans associated with this. <br /> <br />Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos stated he knew they at least had indoor sports but he did not <br />know if they had outdoor sports. <br /> <br />Park and Recreation Commission/July 30, 2003 <br />Page 8 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />