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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 3 November 13, 2024 �—� there is a current trail going through the property or just a potential trail connection. Chair Anderson shared that one potential use of the land would be to create a trail head for the great northern trail. Commissioner Loidolt suggested a potential disc golf course if they do the whole 20 acres. He shared that he feels they need more recreational areas in parks and not just park land. He feels it is important to consider the disc golfers requests that came forward with suggestions. Chair Anderson said that the land still needs to be appraised. Mr. Stremcha said according to beacon the land was showing a value of around half a million. Commissioner Niziolek said that he does think they need a trail head, and that Meadowvale is not appropriate, so this could be an opportunity. He also thinks the Nystrom property has safer access to the GNT vs options south of County Rd. 1. Mr. Stremcha asked for pros and cons of having the trailhead at the Nystrom property location it here vs. Woodland Trails Regional Park. Commissioner Niziolek said that most people want to start at the beginning of a trail which in this case would either be closer to downtown Elk River or Zimmerman vs. Woodland Trails. Commissioner Niziolek shared that he thinks Woodland Trails Regional Park will continue to be a busy place and parking will reach capacity within the next 10 years. Chair Anderson said it is a complex discussion and there are pros and cons. Commissioner Goodwin said that she thinks that they should be clear and specific about why they would acquire the property it. i.e., if it was for disc golf or a trail head and what portion they would be looking at. She thinks that the price tag for the whole parcel is quite high to just make it a disc golf course. She said that she would be more interested in considering purchasing a smaller portion for a trailhead. Commissioner Goodwin would like to know more about what those details would look like such as how much land they would need and how much of the woods would have to be cleared. Commissioner Loidolt said that they could do both at the same time. Commissioner Stewart asked if any of the commissioner have walked through the property. Chair Anderson said that the family would let them walk through the property if they wanted to. Chair Anderson said it should be an action item in the future for this property to be potentially added to the master plan as well as the other property. He is a little concerned as to why they must be added to the master plan. Chair Anderson recommends that the entire commission go down to the two properties before any further recommendations. He also thinks they should bring the disc golfers to tour the Nystrom property. Chair Anderson shared that he believes the Maher family would like the entire property to be sold at once. He would like to bring both topics back to a commission meeting as an action time before they make a recommendation to council. Commissioner Fermoyle asked if they have concerns about the Maher property selling first. Chair Anderson said he just spoke with the owner, and he said he would wait for now to see what the City of Elk River will decide. Chair Anderson said that he believes it should be an action item in the future. Mr. Stremcha confirmed that following the tours it the topic would be brought back as an action item to the commission and then carry on to council for master plan amendment and potential purchase. He asked the commission if they would like to get together to take a tour before December or January. The Commissioners decided that December 8' at 1:00pm would work for the majority of them, meeting at the Nystrom property first and then the Maher property. The commissioners requested that staff could reach out to disc golf groups to invite them on the Nystrom property tour. IO/EBEB BI AI URE