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COUNCIL MEETING <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION OCT 2 7 1997 <br />DATE: OctobS^Pf^ONO <br />ITEM NO:3 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator’s <br />Report <br />Item Desci iption: <br />Internal Trails in the Old Crystal Bay Road Addition <br />Attachments: A. Map showing the location of the trail easements <br />B. Letter and petition from residents of Countryside Drive West requesting vacation <br />of trail easements <br />Background <br />When the subdivision for the Old Crystal Bay Road Additions 1 and 2 was submitted and approved, <br />it included easements for two sets of internal trails-one set for the area west of Old Crystal Bay Road <br />and one set for the area east of Old Crystal Bay Road. As the subdivision application proceeded <br />through the city review process, it was determined that the trails on the west side of Old Crystal Bay <br />Road would be private trails and the trails on the east side of Old Crystal Bay Road would be public <br />trails. The public trails would provide access to the three acre park in the subdivision and would link <br />the park to the DNR open space property. <br />The trails on the west side of Old Crystal Bay Road have been installed. The trails on the east have <br />not been installed. The developer has indicated the grading of the subdivision was done to enable <br />the installation of the trails. The trails were not installed due to a lack of direction to the developer <br />regarding what type of trails to install i.e. wood chip, gravel, bituminous, etc. <br />Concerns of Subdivision Residents <br />The initial developer has now sold the land, and most or all of the lots have been resold to individual <br />home owners. A number of the current residents oppose the installation of the trails. A letter and <br />petition from these homeowners requesting vacation of the trail easements is attached. <br />The key concern of the residents is that public trails will bring substantial pedestrian and vehicular <br />traffic into and through the subdivision. It may be possible to address this concern by developing <br />the trails as private trails versus public trails, similar to the trails on the west side of Old Crystal Bay <br />Road. Some of the residents on the west side of Old Crystal Bay Road also had initial concerns <br />regarding the internal trail system. After discussion by the residents, they determined the advantages <br />of the trail outweigh the disadvantages. <br />• J