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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 22, 2021 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 10 14. DIAMOND LAKE REGIONAL TRAIL MASTER PLAN UPDATE (REMOTE) –Continued preferred route is heading in the western direction of Tamarack. Mr. Crosby said in both locations the right-of-way varies for the roadway and they have had a conversation with the golf course managers about the trail to learn of their concerns and ideas. Further south at O6, the new trail would be an integral part of this trail and the Diamond Lake Regional Trail would incorporate the new trail on the east side of Long Lake. Three Rivers sees Summit Park as a potential trailhead for this facility and a location where residents and visitors could get onto the trail. O2 is a segment that goes between Wood-Rail Scientific and Natural area and provides many natural and scenic routes, and the public comments noted it would be very scenic and safer than bicycling on the road. There is a concern from residents in this area about loss of privacy and the narrowness of the road if the trail were to go in this location. He noted they did not receive any comments about O4 which is the new trail along County Road 112 and that trail would utilize the existing trail. O3 and O1 utilize the Luce Line State Trail. Three Rivers received several comments from the public and all of those were really interested in making sure the Luce Line does not get paved. The general consensus from the public is that they like to see that trail maintained as gravel. In Wayzata, they have the same O1 Luce Line Trail and Ferndale Road (W4) and several people preferred this route because they felt it was a more direct connection to the Dakota Rail Trail. W2 which uses Wayzata Blvd and Old Long Lake Road through Wayzata Country Club; they had some concerns about the safety adjacent to the golf course and the entrance to the Country Club, but there were others that felt it was a scenic segment. Mr. Crosby noted they went through the same analysis in Wayzata and looked at two different routes along Ferndale that would connect to the Dakota Rail Trail, and east and south along Wayzata Blvd and Berry Ave. Mr. Crosby moved on and showed the recommended route through Orono and Wayzata; the highlighted yellow is the route Three Rivers is recommending. Starting in the southeast, the trail which has yet to go before the Wayzata City Council, but would go up Berry Ave and Wayzata Blvd. to Ferndale Route, then goes north on Ferndale Road to connect to the Luce Line. It heads west on the Luce Line, rather than using Wayzata Blvd and Old Long Lake Road through the Country Club. Three Rivers has had conversations with the DNR and they are receptive to the idea of the regional trail using the Luce Line. At Old Long Lake Road, the route would use that road to get up to East Long Lake Road where they could use Summit Park as a trailhead and use the existing trail along East Long Lake Road going up to Spring Hill Road and heading west to crossing CR 6 at Tamarack. Mr. Crosby pointed out regarding the preferred route, he has highlighted in dashed blue some of the opportunities this route would create in terms of local trail routes and circuits people could do. He said they have noticed there are a lot of people walking and bicycling on Old Long Lake Road – if this Master Plan would come to fruition and they had a paved trail along Old Long Lake Road, it provides the opportunity for several smaller loop trails that people could utilize. They feel that this is a great opportunity for the regional trail to connect north and south, but also provides different opportunities for local community members to have different options for local trail loops. Mr. Crosby noted in the area just west of East Long Lake Road, it is a very challenging segment that goes from East Long Lake Road over to CR 112. Three Rivers has looked at this as an option for a potential partnership trail connection which is a really critical local trail connection that would allow people going east and west along CR 112, Wayzata Blvd. to connect to the regional trail and they have some ideas of how that might occur with a boardwalk over the storm water pond. Seals noted they had some resident complaints and asked Mr. Crosby to share which properties would be affected that Three Rivers would be looking to have access to. While this trail looks really nice, it is not necessarily something Orono needs and when she thinks about residents and what they ask for, she thinks they have really great trails and there needs to be a really good reason to disrupt someone’s private property. She would like to have a better understanding of those private properties, because Seals prefers