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r <br />#378 <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY PARK RESERVE DISTRICT <br />P.O. BOX 296 MAPLE PLAIN. MINNESOTA 55359 TELEPHONE 473-4693 <br />BOARD <br />OF COMMISSIONERS <br />JUOTH S. ANDERSON <br />CHAiRMAM <br />BLOOMINGTON <br />CHARLES R P»«. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN <br />ORONO <br />WH.UAM BAR8EAU <br />GOLDEN VALLEY <br />AMELIA M OeMUSE <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />OAVKJ OURENBERGER <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />ALANK GREENE <br />MOUND <br />LAWRENCE F HAEO <br />robbinsdale <br />JUNE HEGSTROM <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />L6AHOLLENOER <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />RAYMOND N SEAGREN <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />CUFTONE. FRENCH <br />SUPERINTENDENT <br />Hr. A1 Olson, Planner <br />City of Orono <br />1335 South Brown Road <br />Long Lake, Minnesota -5356 <br />VT » ' ’ i . <br />RE: Bike/HIke Trail At Baker Park Reserve <br />Dear Hr. Olson: <br />As you know, the Hennepin County Park Reserve District Is proposing <br />to construct a bike/hike trail around that portion of Baker Park <br />Reserve which lies south of County Road 2k. The total length <br />of the proposed trail, including the main loop and spur connection <br />Is 7.1 miles. Of this total length, approximately 1.2 miles lies <br />within the City of Orono. This distance Includes approximately <br />0.2k miles along Starkey Road for the spur connection to County <br />Road 6. <br />THOMAS B HUMPHREY, JR <br />MAPLE PLAIN <br />In order to complete the loop trail. It will be necessary to <br />construct a fill adjacent to the Lake Katrina marsh at the point <br />where the marsh is closest to the Right-of-Way of Highway #12. <br />This fill will carry the bIke/hIke trail and the horse trail. <br />Top of the fill will be wide and side slopes will be <br />at 3:1. The fill will be located as close to the Right-of-Way <br />line of Highway #12 as possible. The new fill will also make <br />use of the existing horse trail fill which was partially completed <br />several years ago. Surface of the trail through the fill area <br />will be crushed limestone. I estimate that total quantity of <br />fill required to be StOOO to 6,000 cubic yards. This material <br />will be taken from a stockpile and borrow area located just to <br />the west of the proposed fill. <br />This fill is necessary so that this trail can be constructed as a <br />loop around the park. It is desirable so that the experience of the <br />trail user can be continuous. Our recent experience with the horse <br />trail, which was never completed through this area, shows that there <br />is a reduction in user satisfaction with a "dead end" situation. <br />I