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11faof NEW BRIGHTON PARKS, RECREATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON MINUTES the city th8t works 1,r yuu MARCH 4, 2009 (Minutes in their entirety are kept on DVD at City Hall) I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Frischman II. Roll Call Members Present: Commissioners Budzynski, Frischman, Harreld, Norton, Samuelson Members Absent: Commissioners Heinrich, Meyer, Trevorrow and Council Liaison Gina Bauman Chair Frischman asked that the minutes reflect that Council Liaison Gina Bauman has been here 1.5 times in the last year. III. Minutes of February 4, 2009 MOTION BY BUDZYNSKI, SECONDED BY SAMUELSON, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 4, 2009 AS SUBMITTED. MOTION CARRIED. IV. Trails Committee Update — Adam Parker; Chair Adam Parker stated he and the Mayor and Public Works Director,; attended a meeting on the Highway 96 project. The desire is to have trail access to connect to New Brighton. One of the options showed a trail over the 35W bridge and connecting to New Brighton. It is one of three plans and it is not known if this is the plan that will be chosen. The Committee also discussed the area of Hwy. 96 down Old Highway 8 to Lang Lake Road. We hope to have improvements to have a trail on that stretch of road. Also we will have some information in the City's "In the Neighborhood" publication. We hope to gent as much trail access to the City of New Brighton as possible. Parker stated there will be an environmental study. That will take about 4 or 5 months. Within this timeframe, Ramsey County will decide on one of the 3 proposals. The proposals can be found on the Ramsey County website at www.co.ramseymn.us . Parker noted that none of the 3 scenarios showed improvement (widening or replacement) to the 35W bridge. Harreld said there' will be discussions about making future connections with other communities like Fridley; in particular the rail stop in Fridley. We will look at different scenarios as to how we can access that. We are looking at the area of 81h Street and 10th Street. See if we can come up with improvements for these areas. Parker said he encourages everyone to come to a Trails Committee meeting. Budzynski stated that he learned Mounds View plans to put stoplights on Silver Lake Road and County Road H. His concern is the Rice Creek Trail that crosses Silver Lake Road there at the railroad tracks. Nobody stops at that area. If the stoplight goes in there and the light is green, it could be a very dangerous situation. Something may need to be done at the crossing. Budzynski stated he stopped going that way because it is dangerous. Kids use that to go to and from school. Parker said he would like to have that brought up at the next meeting. Safety is another role that this committee plays. Budzynski stated that it would be nice to have a Council representative here so they could hear these types of topics so they could be brought back to the City Council. Budzynski stated he doesn't feel we get adequate representation back to the Council.