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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO PARK COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON JLXY 13, 1 995 AFT Gerhardson informed the Commission of the pending sale of the land along Old Crv’stal Bay Road north of Watertown Road, w hich is part of the tnul system, The property' will change ownership in August. The new owner is willing to gram the an easement to build the trail on the property in remm for a credit against future Park Dedication tees. The current owner had not wanted the trail to be a stumbling block ter any forthcori^g sale of the property. Gerhardson reported that because of the pending s^e, the DNH has granted a 30-day extension from the onmnal deadUne of August 30 tor the trail to be built. The grant from the DNR has been appro\-ed and will result in matching t^ds up to a certain dollar amount The other 501 o of the funds will come from Park Dedicatum money. The gram tlinding covers the portion of the trail w hich is contiguous This wi include for 1995 the completion of the trail from the Dickey pioperty south to Luce Line and north from the Dickey property across Watertown Road to the top ot the hill Curb and laitter will be installed south of the Dickey property to the Luce Line becauM the property owners there were not willing to grant an easement The DNR grant will not cover the cost of curb and gutter but will cover 50® i of the trail cost in this area There will be a 4’ grass area provided between the trail and the curb Gerhardson will present the Commission with exact dollar costs of the trail segments at the ne.xt meeting including the portion to be paid by the D.NR gram. DNR gram for this year is about $29,000 ^^nth a possible $50,000 grant money available in 1996 The DNR matching fund gram money is geared towards projeas exactly like this one for transit/trails only. McMillan asked if Hennepin County is participating in the trail Due to time constraints in updating the contract with the City, and a concern over the Hwy 12 cloverleat design near Baker Park, Hennepin County has withheld their participation at this time White said the County does have the funds set aside and -.vlh v-ive this money for the trail segment to Baker Park Flint commented that this has been very frustrating; WTien the City is ready, Hennepin Parks is not; a year ago when Heimepin Park was ready, the City was not. We are fortunate that the delay has not raised the cost ot the trail. Gerhardson said that the 1995 work will be completed by September of this year Flint reported that Gerhardson was able to negotiate costs with the contractor obtaining the same cost per yard for the shorter trail seamem as it would have cost for the longer segment Normally a shorter lament is more costly, but not this time because the contractor was already in the area doing the Hwy 12 improvement project Wilson asked whether the Park Commission had formally approved the binding from the Park Dedication money The approval was noted in the .April meeting minutes, page 12. last paragraph ot the Old Crystal Bay Road Trail item.