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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 6 <br />March 12, 2025 <br />Commissioner Loidolt said one of the concerns he has is the on-street parking, garbage, and <br />disturbance to the neighbors. He added that according to the changes Mr. Bona just shared reducing <br />the grey space by one lot, the parking spaces would reduce to 25 from the 40 they originally estimated. <br />Mr. Bona said he does not believe this park will need that much parking since most of the use will be <br />from within the neighborhood. Commissioner Loidolt says he believes that with this park being on <br />the Mississippi it will draw more usage including vehicles. <br />Commissioner Stewart said the other potential users would be trail users and that could add to the <br />parking need. Chair Anderson said he does not believe this would be a major trail head. <br />He also said he likes everything that staff has prepared including the gray shaded park and then with <br />the inclusion of parking but thinks that needs a little more planning. <br />Commissioner Varty asked Mr. Bona if they had an issue selling the lots that are by the parks in <br />Ramsey. Mr. Bona said he did not have any problems with that since some buyers place high value on <br />living by the park. <br />Mr. Bona asked if there was a size in the gray area that they were looking for. Chair Anderson said <br />originally it was eight acres, but they have had to compromise to what they have now. <br />Mr. Bona said that they collaborated with staff to figure out a way to make it work and they don’t <br />know how to make it work in any other way if they were to remove more lots. Making it a 2-acre park <br />is doable with the challenges presented. Chair Anderson said that the commission has compromised a <br />lot as well from their original recommendations. He said they will see what the Council recommends. <br />Mr. Bona pointed out that the HOA park in their original proposal was removed. He said that it was <br />originally down by the river, but they have since removed that original offer. They will have to figure <br />out how to reincorporate that back in for the neighborhood. They would put that back into the north, <br />not necessarily connecting to the bluff, but it does have to connect to the trail. A small piece of <br />property with a dock in the highland down by the water. They could propose its connection via a <br />private trail from the public trail and leave the fence and tree line that is down there now to create a <br />border. He does not think there would be a lot of visibility from the trail, but the HOA would know it <br />is there. Chair Anderson said it would be a great addition. Commissioner Niziolek said he is <br />concerned people could be cited for trespassing. Mr. Bona said it would be a private area that the <br />HOA would maintain. He said that the public could use a public dock if we put one in. <br />Staff and Commissioners reviewed and discussed the motion recommendations in the presentation. <br />Moved by Commissioner Goodwin and seconded by Commissioner Stewart to recommend <br />acceptance of the lower land area of approximately 25 acres (the net area deeded to the city) <br />as park land dedication giving credit for dedication at 50% rate equivalent to approximately <br />12.5 acres of park land dedication credit. Motion carried 7-0. <br />Moved by Commissioner Stewart and seconded by Commissioner Varty to recommend <br />acceptance of approximately 2-acre park as shown in exhibit as shown by staff on March 12th <br />with the inclusion of approximately 20 parking stalls paid for by the developer. Motion <br />carried 7-0. <br />Page 7 of 54