HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-08-14 - Minutes• PRAB SPECIAL MEETING AUGUST 14, 1995 Members Present: Driver, James, Knight, Mackey, Richard, Stone, Waite Staff Present: Clark, Dugwyler Media Present: Rusty Garrett Guests Present: Kirk Elsass DISCUSSION Driver: Thank you for coming on such short notice. Lindsey has made a different offer from the one we voted on earlier. I would like to get this cleared up by our board before the Council meeting tomorrow night. Elsass: After the last meeting, we tried to address your concerns. We are proposing that instead of donating all the ground, we would donate 10 feet north of the creek and 10 feet along the eastern boundary of the ditch. We will build a bridge across the ditch which would be a walkway and bikeway across the ditch. We have discussed different sizes for the walkway, possibly 6 or 8 feet. Whatever you think. We could install it immediately or whenever you want. We will have our workers out there constructing sidewalks so it would be better now. Mr. Lindsey said we will try our best to talk to Mr. Hopper from the f ighway Department to see if they can help connect pakrs with an access under the bridge of some sort. We also want to work with Butterfield Trail. We had a meeting with them Friday. They are interested in this trail but they are concerned about safety. Steve Parker made comments about safety. This was a really successful meeting. I have given a letter to Mrs. Little about this. We do not have a ten feet survey at this time, but we will. Driver: Is it permissible to pave over a water and sewer easement? Will this include an easement? Elsass: You can pave, just not put a permanent structure. James: How close will the businesses come to this trail? Elsass: Right up to it. Their property lines will come to the edge of this 10 feet. The 10 feet is all along the edge of the creek. So we will give you the creek and 10 feet by it. Lindsey will help work with the Highway Department to go under the highway bridge. Knight: This sounds almost like the proposal the other day except you are going to pave it. You are still giving the creek to the City. We have a trail going nowhere really. James: It seems like this location will attrach four wheelers, etc. Driver: This will be the first portion of the trail newtork on the ground. The road to Zion will be very close to Lake Fayetteville and the Botanical garden area. This is a vision and we don't have much to compare it to that is already in Fayeteville. • Before you get to the point where you actually construct the trail, it would be a good idea to get back with Alett as far as getting it connected. Elsass: We will lay a sidewalk to Joyce and we will delay the trail until you give us the word. Waite: We don't really have charge of trails. You will need to talk to Alett when you start the trail. MOTION: MACKEY/RICHARD The PRAB recommends to the City Council to accept the proposal made by Jim Lindsey to accept ten feet plus the creek on the property located south of Joyce Street provided Lindsey will install the bridge over the ditch and build the trail. MOTION APPROVED 5-1 (Knight left, James nay) The meeting adjourned. • • 2