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02/19/99 11:10 FAX 612 713 5291 FWS f.NGlNEEKlNG @004 <br />8. <br />B <br />9. <br />Dakota Rail Bike Trail <br />The City Orono has identified the Old Great Northern/Dakota Railroad as <br />a potential regional Bike & Walking trail. The proposed trail would extend <br />from Wayzata through Minnetonka Beach. Orono/Navarre. Spring Park, <br />Mound and terminate in Hutchinson. Orono’s Park Commission will <br />appoint members to represent Orono as a member of a multi city trail <br />planning committee. Orono’s objective is to develop a working <br />relationship with the cities affected by the railroad and partner with <br />Hennepin County to develop this railroad property into a trail. This <br />committee will prepare the cities, if the opportunity to convert the railroad <br />to a trail materializes, to act in an informed and unified effort to acquire the <br />railroad land. <br />City Trail System <br />The Park Commission will continue to look for opportunities to develop <br />trails that are currently identified on Orono’s Bike & Walking Trail Plan. <br />Seven Nations/Dickey Park, Potential Name Change and Construction <br />Proposal <br />Greg Gappa prepared a five-year development proposal to develop and start <br />construction of this park in the spring. The Council should have received a plan <br />of the proposed construction from Greg. This park will be a passive park as <br />originally planned with trail connections to Old Crystal Bay Road to the west and <br />the Thoroughbred development to the east. <br />The neighborhood met with the me and other members of the commi:.,sion <br />several times and when the plan was presented they enthusiastically endorsed it. <br />They also thanked *he Park Commission and the City for listening to them and <br />developing a park that met both their wishes and the Cities objectives. <br />Orono must first hire a consultant to do an Archaeological Investigation of the <br />site because of what this possibility that native Americans may have been buried <br />on this site. <br />Cost to develop this park appears expensive for Orono but low compared to what <br />other surrounding communities spend. For Example Wayzata plans to spend <br />this year $335,000.00 renovating Memorial Park, which is located on Central and <br />Wayzata Blvd. <br />Name change, what is the Councils thought about this name or any other name? <br />-3-