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CITY OF CORCORAN
Parks and Trails Commission Work Session Agenda
February 20, 2020 – 5:30 pm
1. Call to Order / Roll Call
2. Diamond Lake Regional Trail Discussion*
3. Unscheduled Items
4. Adjournment
*Includes Materials - Materials relating to these agenda items can be found in the House Agenda Packet by
Door.
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MEMO
Meeting Date: February 20, 2020
To: Parks and Trails Commission
From: Jessica Christensen Buck, Recreation Coordinator
Re: Diamond Lake Regional Trail Discussion
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Three Rivers Park District has requested to meet with the Parks and Trails Commission
to receive feedback during the planning process for the Diamond Lake Regional Trail.
Attached is additional information regarding the trail itself, Three Rivers Park District’s
planning process, and a map of the search corridor.
It is important to note that this discussion is strictly to provide feedback on potential trail
locations and no definite locations will be decided upon. Once Three Rivers Park District
has received feedback from the surround Park Commissions and City Councils, they will
be engaging the public during the spring and summer months.
Attachments:
None
SRF No. 13057
AGENDA
Diamond Lake Regional Trail Master Plan
Corcoran Parks and Trails Commission
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Corcoran City Hall
1. Introductions
2. Diamond Lake Regional Trail project overview and schedule (10 min)
a. Destination regional trail
b. Linear park
c. Connections to existing public amenities
d. Connections in neighboring cities
3. Trail alignment options and ideas (25 min)
4. Trail planning questions (20 min):
a. Are new trails or parks planned that could compliment the DLRT?
b. Are there new developments planned that could impact the DLRT?
c. Are there large tracts of undeveloped land that would be good to connect with as part of a
linear park?
d. Does the committee have other ideas for local trail connections to the DLRT?
5. Other items (5 min)
a. Public engagement opportunities in Corcoran
b. Contact Stephen Shurson at Three Rivers Park District if other ideas arise
Stephen.Shurson@threeriversparks.org
January 8, 2020
Diamond Lake Regional Trail - Master Plan
Project Summary
Background:
Three Rivers Park District is kicking off the master
planning process for future development of a new
north-south regional trail through the western por-
tion of Hennepin County. Identified as the Diamond
Lake Regional Trail (DLRT), the planning process
for this 21-mile long corridor will begin January of
2020.
This future regional trail will connect the commu-
nities of Dayton, Rogers, Corcoran, Medina, Long
Lake, Orono, and Wayzata. The vision for DLRT is
for a 10-foot wide paved, multi-use trail corridor
that will connect areas of high natural resource
value, local parks or trails, and other planned or
existing regional trails in the Three Rivers network.
Users will be able to use the trail for biking, hiking,
dog-walking, running, and in-line skating. As a
regional trail, Three Rivers would be the primary
party responsible for costs related to acquisition,
development, and construction as well as future
operational and maintenance costs.
Public and City Partner Engagement:
Our first step will be to work in partnership with
city representatives to identify and evaluate po-
tential routes. Once several route options are
identified, staff from Three Rivers will visit various
community events providing project information
and soliciting feedback on route alignments. A
proj-ect website with background information,
project extents, and links to an online public survey
and interactive map tool will be developed.
Because of the complexity of the corridor and the
number of community stakeholders involved, we
will be devel-oping monthly project updates that
will be shared with city staff representatives to be
forwarded to parks commissions and city council
members.
For more information, visit the project website at :
www.LetsTalkThreeRivers.org
Project Time Line
January – April 2020 Route option development
and evaluation
May – August 2020 Public Outreach
September – Dec 2020 Final route selection and
master plan production
January – April 2021 Agency approvals
¯0 2.5 51.25 Miles
Diamond Lake Regional Trail Search Corridor
Focus Communities
Diamond Lake Regional Trail Search Corridor
Existing Regional Trail
Planned Regional Trail
Regional Trail Search Corridor (route not yet determined)
Rogers Dayton
Corcoran
Medina
Long Lake
Orono
Wayzata