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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 2 November 8, 2023 Commissioners thanked Mr. Burchill and MORC for their dedication and work on the park and trails. 6.2 York/Zumbro Grass Trail-Tristan Jordan Tristan Jordan presented his power point presentation. Key points of the power point included trail development-project proposal, property marking, clearing trees and brush, digging out stumps and installing fence and signage. Finally, they installed three loads of wood chips and 50lbs of grass seed. Overall, Tristan and volunteers spent 28 days on site, 1-5 hours each day, with a total of 441 hours on the project. They removed 31 loads of trees and brush which were hauled to the compost site. City staff helped with stump grinding, ground leveling, and culvert work. At the end of the presentation Tristan showed a video of walking through the trail upon completion of the project. 6.3 Camp Cozy Park Natural Resources Management Plan Laura Domyancich, Friends of the Mississippi Ecologist, presented her report. Camp Cozy is primarily a passive park with a good prairie and is a great natural resource. FMR is recommending focusing on restoring the remnant prairies, doing woody removal and fire management. They would then move their focus into wooded areas to keep the buckthorn limited. The plan would be to start restoration next fall. The plan is still in draft form. 7.0 Action Items 7.1 Park Dedication-Park Pointe Second Addition Mr. Hecker presented his report. One change to his report is that the DNR requires a minimum set back of ten feet from the high-water mark, so the trail easement must be adjusted from 25 feet to 35 feet. Commissioner Niziolek asked about the yellow trail connection and if that is needed or not and how the pedestrians would access the trail if it was not connected. Mr. Stremcha said that there is a point on the north side by Kliever Marsh Park that is sufficient. Commissioner Niziolek asked to see the topography of the property. He wants to make sure that the trail access coming off Lincoln Street will make a complete trail if the topography provides a buildable trail in the future. Mr. Hecker pulled up a topographical view and while both Commissioner Anderson and Niziolek both have concerns about how steep it is, it does appear to be possible. Mr. Stremcha said that he feels it is comparable to what they just installed at York and Zumbro. Lance Lindberg, 18261 Simonet Dr. Elk River, came to the podium and asked if the future trail being discussed would be paved or not. Mr. Hecker said that the DNR would prefer it to be unpaved. Moved by Commissioner Brown and seconded by Commissioner Anderson to approve park dedication for Park Pointe Second Addition be paid, at the applicable rate at the time of recording, for one dwelling. Motion carried 6-0.