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Page 6 Breuer said she has not heard from anyone since we received the first petition, but it has been cold and snowy. Ironically Breuer heard from a Fridley resident that iheard we were removing the skate board park and they wanted to buy our equipment. Harreld stated May would be a good time for the public hearing because we would have had all the neighborhood meetings and put notices up and it would give us a chance to approach it before it becomes a problem as the summer goes on. Frischman stated we can state there will be a public hearing to discuss the future of the skate board park at Freedom Park. It is the recommendation of the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Commission to the City Council, that we have a public hearing on the future of the skate park at Freedom Park. The public hearing will be at the regular Parks, Recreation and Environmental Commission meeting on May 6, 2009, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Notification will be sent out to the people who have signed all three petitions. In addition, we will use the Parks and Recreation Brochure, "In the Neighborhood" newsletter and neighborhood meetings to inform residents. A Commission member asked Ray Tandeski if he would like to make any comments. Tandeski shared his; comments,; observations and ideas with the Commission. To better prepare for this meeting, it may be good to brainstorm on some of the things we as a commission should have in front of us as far as facts and information. These `things may include: • Data from Public Safety — we would like to get information prior to and after the re -purposing of Pike Lake (which was about three years ago). • There are numerous communities that have skate parks and it would be good for us to learn from some of them. Maybe Minneapolis or St. Paul. We can find out what makes them work, what challenges they have, what the resident's view points of the facilities are. Ron Meyer stated he could make some phone calls and perhaps visit a few facilities. C. Trails Committee Update — Lisa Harreld Frischman stated that a new chair was voted in for the Trails Committee this evening. A decision will be made about who will give the update at PREC meetings in the future since the new chair is not a PREC member. Harreld stated that Adam Parker is the new chair. He is very knowledgeable. She stated they are fortunate to have so many knowledgeable people on the Committee. We have ardent bikers, hikers, runners and skiers and we get very good input in different areas of trails. We had a wish list session; or areas we wanted to pursue in 2009. Want to continue the connectivity with New Brighton and its bordering cities, Ramsey, Anoka and Hennepin Counties as well; working with the whole system in the Metro area. Some specific projects we talked about were: