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There will be opposition to particular parts of certain trail corridors. A master trail plan <br />provides a controlled environment in which to address these concerns. <br />A master trail plan is a tool with which City officials, and staff can lobby for legislative <br />assistance with trail development. (A new funding biennium for the LCMR begins next <br />year.) <br />Residents have an expectation of the City to perform comprehensive trail planning just as <br />is done for roads or other infrastructure. <br /> <br />The above items might be justification enough to warrant a master trail plan. However, the most <br />significant undeveloped natural resource in the City of Ramsey is the green space and watershed <br />associated with Trott Brook. If Ramsey were to protect this open space from further <br />development and connect the Regional Rum River Central Park with Elk River and Sherburne <br />County's trail system by way of several miles of trail and perhaps a thousand acres of open space <br />- it would be a crowning achievement for the community and of tremendous value. A trail plan <br />as described by this case is essential to examine a project of the scope of the proposed Trott <br />Brook Trail Corridor. <br /> <br />Enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />· December 10, 1998 Park and Recreation Commission case. <br />· December 10, 1998 Park and Recreation Commission meeting minutes requesting staff <br /> begin, <br />· January 1999 memo to Mr. Norman and Mr. Kapler recommending a request be made of <br /> City Council for approval to receive a master trail plan proposal. <br />· Trail typical sections. <br /> <br />Also enclosed (loose with your agenda that you may have received earlier): <br />· Volumes I & II of University of Minnesota study on the Trott Brook Corridor <br />· Fall of 1998 Trail-side survey by a Ramsey Boy Scout <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the Finance Committee recommend City Council authorize staff to <br />request a master trail plan proposal from SRF Consulting Group. <br /> <br />Finance Committee Action: <br />Motion to recommend that City Council authorize staff to request a master trail plan proposal <br />from SRF Consulting Group for funding approval on or about the second Council meeting of <br />April 1999. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br />Parks/Utilities Supervisor <br />City Administrator <br />Director of Public Works <br />Finance Officer <br /> <br />Copies also distributed to: <br />Community Development Director <br />Park and Recreation Commission <br /> <br />FC:03/23/99 <br /> <br /> <br />