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Page 2 . Recreation Board Minutes July 19. 1988 Mary also indicated that if the proposal for beautifying this site met with the Recreation Board approval. then the Committee would make a presentation to the City Council. If the plan is then approved by the City Council. the Committee would be looking for City assistance in dealing with the railroad in order to obtain permission to beautify the area. and also for the purchase of trees and labor need to plant the trees plus future maintenance of the area. Mary indicated that provided everything else feel into place. the group would then pursue finances from various non-profit organizations within the City. The planned starting date for this project is during the fall season of 1988. . 2001 Green Space Committee member. Sherri Borgquist. was introduced to the Recreation Board. Sherri is a landscape architect graduate student and presented the concept for beautification of the old railroad depot site. This former railroad depot site is along the north side of Highway 10 (before the railroad tracks). starting at approximately the Jackson Avenue intersection on the west and running east to approximately 200 feet short of the existing gas station. Sherri indicated that her understanding of the major concerns from the railroad for beautification of this site was safety of pedestrians and line of sight vision for the vehicles to see trains. The proposal presented consisted of the planting of trees; placement of flower boxes. hedges. and benches; sodding certain areas and providing for vehicles to be able to pull off and park in the area. The site currently has four ingresses and a proposal would call for the elimination of one of these accesses. The proposed site to be beautified is approximately 35 feet deep from Highway 10. towards the railroad tracks and approximately 400 feet long. The Recreation Board discussed with the 2001 Committee members the merits of sod vs. rock or wood chips in the area; the future maintenance (watering) of the site; the possibility of installing an irrigation system in the area for watering; whether the property was highway right- of-way or railroad right-of-way (it was determined that the site was railroad right-of-way); and the time frame for getting approval from the railroad to proceed with the plans. MOTION BY MARILYN VANPATTEN TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE FORMER RAILROAD DEPOT SITE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN AS SUBMITTED BY THE 2001 GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE. AND ALSO THAT THE CITY PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO REALIZE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THIS AREA. BYRON HOUGHTELIN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 6-0. .