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COUNCIL MEETING MAY 2 8 1996 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITYOFOnONO DATE: Mav 24, 1996 ITEM NO.:1 Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse / V / / Title City Administrator _________________1 // i Item Description: Old Crystal Bay Road Tirail Upd^ Administrator Reviewed: iP Agenda Section: Cit> Administrator ’s Report The Old Cr>stal Bay Road trail construction plan, which is reflected in the 1996 budget, was to complete the trail to Baker Park in 1996. This was to be funded from three sources: 1. Orono Park Fund. 2. DNR Grant. 3. Hennepin Parks. Plans for trail construction in 1996 have been placed on hold due to the reluctance of Hennepin Parks to enter into a cooperative agreement regarding the trail. Doug Bryant, the Hennepin Parks Superintendent, has indieated this reluctance relates to concerns regarding the potential impaet of a Highway 12 upgrade project on Baker Park. These coneems resulted from information provided by Ma DO! to Hennepin Parks to advise them regarding various Highway 12 corridor alignment options and including a preliminary design of an interchange at County Road 6 and Highway 12. The potential for a northern (County Road 6) alignment for a Highway 12 upgrade and a major interchange at Highway 12 and Count>’ Road 6 (Mn/DOT's initial design of which included a m.ajor impaet on Baker Park) caused Doug Bryant and the Hennepin Parks Board to question whether the trail project should move ahead prior to some assurances regarding efforts to limit impacts on Baker Park. Since that time, the County Road 6 alignment option has been eliminated and the Highway 12 and County Road 6 interchange has been redesigned to eliminate or nearly eliminate any impacts on Baker Park. A meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 28. to provide an opportunity for representatives of Mn/DOT and Hennepin County DOT and myself to meet with Doug Bryant and his staff to review current plans and designs related to Highway 12 and hopefully address the concerns of Hennepin Parks. A report concerning this meeting will be provided at the Council meeting. I recently talked to the DNR trails grant coordinator regarding the $50,000 trail grant the City has been awarded to clarify what the conditions are for the actual payment of the grant to the City. The project as defined in the City's grant application included the full trail eonnection to Baker Park. My question was whether the City could receive the $50,000 grant without completing the full connection to Baker Park; i.e., bringing the trail to Highway 12 or to the