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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 4 <br /> August 14,2024 <br /> is why they created the layout as a conventional rural acreage concept design. He is also open to the <br /> idea of a trail even though he does not have it in the design right now. <br /> Mr. Schmidt said he did review the trail master plan and the plan for a potential future trail through <br /> the land. He also agrees that trails are amenities but would like a trail that is on the roadbed so it <br /> would not take up so much acreage by having the street, ditch, trail, ditch, driveway. He would like it <br /> if they produced a trail that is on the same plane as the roadbed west to east to connect the <br /> neighborhood to the park. <br /> Mr. Stremcha said that an option would be to run a trail along the main road that runs through the <br /> development to make that bridge point to the county road, also if there is interest in converting one <br /> of the lots to additional land to create an observation area. Chair Anderson asked what out lot B <br /> would be. Mr. Schmidt said it is a storm pond.The other out lot A is wetland and slopes etc. and <br /> would be owned by the HOA of the development. <br /> Commissioner Niziolek said he has not looked at this property very closely but is curious about <br /> reconfiguring the layout of the existing Burr Oak Park to fit the community's needs better. <br /> Chair Anderson said he believes Burr Oak is park dedication land. Commissioner Niziolek said that <br /> he would not accept tamarack swamp as park dedication. <br /> Chair Anderson asked if the commission felt they could accept the land under the power lines. Mr. <br /> Stremcha said it is defined as usable as maybe parking lot but not a playground etc. or other amenities. <br /> Commissioner Niziolek said there are some access issues to Burr Oak Park that he feels need to be <br /> addressed at some point and could be during this process. <br /> Mr. Schmidt said that the piece of land they proposed was with the idea to give an access point and <br /> potentially parking for the park. <br /> Chair Anderson is asking if they can accept land that is in the power line right of way and said they <br /> can discuss this at the next meeting. Commissioner Niziolek said he is reluctant to accept park <br /> dedication land under the utilities. Mr. Stremcha said the commission can decide what is and is not <br /> usable space. <br /> Chair Anderson wants to talk to the power company to see what uses can be done under the power <br /> lines before deciding. Commissioner Niziolek said that if they cannot build a structure on it,he does <br /> not see the property as usable. <br /> Chair Anderson said it would be nice to have a trail east to west and he is interested in the little <br /> triangle piece of land because it would create an access point to the property. <br /> Mr. Schmidt explained that the size of the piece of land is 3.7 acres with about 40%in the easement <br /> area. <br /> Chair Anderson said he is interested in the piece of property because he knows they do need access to <br /> the park. Commissioner Niziolek suggested reconfiguring the park with the possibility of rounding the <br /> edges. <br /> I O l E I E I IT <br /> NATURE <br />