The Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 meeting of the Eden Prairie City Council is now called to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> It's customary during this time of the meeting that I read an open podium invitation to our residents. Open podium is an opportunity for Eden Prairie residents to address the city council on issues related to Eden Prairie city government prior to each council meeting. These council meetings occur typically the first and third Tuesday of each month, but in the summer we have one meeting somewhere in the middle of that first and third t or third yeah third Tuesday. These open podiums occur typically from 6:30 to 6:55 right here in the council chamber. If you wish to speak at open podium, please do contact the city manager's office at 952-9498412 by noon of the meeting date with your name, your phone number, and subject matter so we can be better prepared for you. Open podium is not recorded or televised. If you have any questions about open podium, please do contact the city manager's office. Mr. Mr. Gro, I'm really excited about our first um presentation this evening and I think it's our first of one. Yes. So, um if I'll turn it over to you and um you can turn it over to um the HPC. >> Yes, Mayor. Uh we do have one award, but it is uh a big award. We're very excited. Uh we've been doing this now for quite a few years. Heritage Preservation Award. Uh, this award recognizes an individual, a family, or a business who has made an outstanding contribution to Eden Prairie's Historic Resources. Um, I don't want to uh steal too much of the thunder from the Historic Preservation Commission or um the group that's here tonight. So, I will introduce our commission member that's going to lead us uh through the um award recipient. I also believe in addition to many commission members, we also have members of um the Eden Prairie Historical Society also a major part of the history in our community. Um so I would like to introduce um Heritage Preservation uh Chair Babose. >> Welcome. >> All right. Thank you. >> Well, good evening, Mayor, Council members, and staff and all in attendance. Uh, my name is Bob Bose and I've been on the Heritage Preservation Commission for five years and tonight I have the privilege of offering a few remarks and providing some background on this year's Heritage Preservation Award recipients. This is the 10th time the Heritage Preservation Award is being presented and there are two awards being presented tonight. The award, as uh Rick mentioned, uh recognize an individual, a family or business who made outstanding contribution to Eden Prairie's historic resources, be it public or private. And the first award is being presented postumously to Helen Holden Anderson. Helen passed away in 2009, but her legacy lives on and her accomplishments have an enduring value. Helen was a respected historian, teacher, scholar, and a key participant in several civic groups. In 1969, Helen founded the Eden Prairie Historical Society and served as president till 1989. and Helen and the historical society board took on the responsibility of being the caretakers of Eden Prairie's historic documents, photographs, and artifacts. Helen worked hard to establish an agreement ensuring that the city would have a museum to house the donated artifacts. And she is also the author of the book Eden Prairie, the first 100 years. This book was published in 1979. This was the first educational book on the history of Eden Prairie and continues to be the most valued. And Helen inspired the community to value historic resources, shared the history of the community through her book, and create an organization that to this day continues to advocate for and preserve the history of Eden Prairie. This is a wonderful and welldeserved award for the many contributions Helen made to preserve the history of Eden Prairie. And the Honorable Paul Anderson will accept the award on behalf of his mother. And the second award tonight is being presented to the Honorable Paul Andrew H. Anderson. Paul grew up on a dairy farm at Eden Prairie which was established by his grandfather and called Hilltop. He is a proud descendant of one of Eden Prairie's earliest settler families, the namesakes of Anderson Lakes. Paul has had a great love for Eden Prairie, and he is the highest ranking elected official in Eden Prairie modern history by winning statewide races for the Minnesota Supreme Court. Paul was a young attorney when his mother, Helen Holden Anderson, formed the Eden Prairie Historical Society. He helped with the application to form a Minnesota nonprofit corporation. He assisted in writing the original bylaws and was part of the discussions with the city about who should be the depository of historical information and where the material should be stored. In 1975, the city council adopted a resolution designating the Eden Prairie Historical Society as the depository of historical information for the city of Eden Prairie. And after occupying two temporary locations, the city in the early 1990s provided a space in the city center for the historical museum, which is still in the same location today. And by the way, it'll be doubling in size over the next couple years with the remodeling. Paul continues to be active in the Eden Prairie Historical Society. When the historical society has questions about history, Paul is always willing to offer information. He has a lot of stories to tell which help preserve the city's cultural history and provide a deeper understanding of life at Eden Prairie during his childhood and the formative years of this uh community. So welldeserved award for Paul for always showing up for Eden Prairie. Congratulations Paul to you and your mother. Do you want to call Paul up and then um will >> Yes. Yeah. >> Paul, could you come up and >> come forward? >> Give a few words, please. >> And then everyone in the um that came to honor Justice Paul Anderson this evening, we'll do a group picture um at the conclusion of um Paul's um I won't I won't even use the word short. whenever you're being a former of a lawyer and a former judge. I mean, I have to speak and I want to thank you for telling me I can head up to 45 minutes. No, what I do want to do is introduce my sister. Stand up, Mariel, and my wife Chan. Paul, could I add one more too? You have a first cousin in the second to the back row, too. >> REMEMBER ME? WITH YOU. >> Who are you again? >> Tom Anderson. Um, and by the way, right before you start your um between three and 45 minutes. >> I got I got to cut it to three or four. >> I just have to say your father was Calvin and Tom's father was Ken. And they had farms across the street from each other in essence and yours was where Wells Fargo was up on the hilltop and Tom's was where St. Andrew is today. And so Calvin and Kim Ken had those two farms and you both grew up. So you knew you knew your older cousin quite well. >> Yes. And he reminds me most >> He told me you were the older cousin. I'm >> He reminds me most of my dad, but I in the little bit of time I have, I want to just describe my mother. This award is really about my mother, not about me. She It's really about her. You know, she grew up in Aken, Minnesota. She loved it. fell in love with this uh farmer pioneer family in Eden Prairie. And over the years, she really became invested in this community. And as the residents were passing away and moving away, she decided something had to be done to preserve the history. That was the genesis of the historical society. But the genius of what she did was she picked out the historic families in Eden Prairie and three or four times a year she'd have families come to the historical society and talk about the famil family's experience in Eden Prairie going back. I mean she collected volumes of stuff and is that but she took advantage of those people while they were still alive. But then she had this big file. what's she going to do about it? And she is a scholar, the intellectual, and so she decided to write this book. And uh my sister and I remember my mom working on this book, wondering what was going on. And uh but she wanted to have her work recorded and put someplace. And it's just astounding the success that this book has had. Now, finally, I want to say something. By the way, I got a compliment. You know, you Eden Prairie has the reputation of being a good place and being a well-governed city. And I just can't be here tonight without making comments about I, you know, I am proud that I grew up in Eden Prairie because you are keeping uh that good repreation going. Now, yes, Anderson Lakes is named after my family. Good friend of mine, Gary Flank, said that the lake was very appropriately named after my family and me. He said, "My Jewish prudence and the lake are very similar, both shallow and murky." But that's the connection that I have. But the final point I want to make is my mother knew that she would not be here forever. So she built a condie of people to carry on that legacy. And so she built it. I I I would be remiss. Mom, I know you'd want me to do this. Is that she spotted this young perky, vigorous young woman who shared her interest in history and they connected and she started mentoring and schooling this young person. And uh mom would have been so proud of how Kathy Case has carried on. I I I just can't say that enough that I just I I can't leave with without doing that for my mother and expressing the gratitude for the carrying on of the legacy. This is a special community. It's populated by special people and your historical society, your preservation is very special. So this honor, this uh award really means a lot. But I know the truth is it's all about my mom. Thank you. >> So So don't go away. Don't go away. Um well, I I said my dad, too. I mean, they were a pretty good guy. >> Calvin was a good guy. Um I I had the pleasure of meeting um both of them. Um as a teacher, I brought Calvin into my classroom to be interviewed. Um >> you're not going to tell what Okay, >> I won't tell that story. That's between you and me. Um but Helen Holden Anderson uh definitely deserves every the credit of everything you just shared, but I want to talk about you for a second. So those of us that are elected officials know uh how difficult campaigning is. And so, Justice Paul Anderson was um hugely instrumental in Arie Carlson becoming governor. And so, a couple years later, uh, Governor Arie Carlson returned the favor and appointed Justice Paul Anderson to the appellet court initially in '92 and then the Supreme Court in '94. So, he served 22 years um in both the appellet and the Supreme Court, 19 years on the Supreme Court. when you um are appointed, you have to then run. And so he ran three times statewide elections. So he's the only born and raised Eden Prairie uh citizen resident to have run statewide races and won. That's huge. So thank you. Now, uh one of the keys to my service was to keep perspective. And you you got to have a big ego. you know that to do what you're doing, but you got to be humble. Okay? And uh I would try to keep my I would often inter my wife just irritated when I said that, but I would often inter well I'm just this farm kid who grew up in Eden Prairie milking cows. My tractor was green. Our hay loader was farm hand. Uh but I say that only not to keep my humility and know my roots. It's who I am. It really is who I am. And the lessons I learned from my mother and for I mean and from the community even Prairie I could destination. They're what made me. So I want to say a little thank you to them too. >> And I've gone too long. >> So you stay there because we're going to get pictures. And so um is there anything else Bob before we do? So, I would invite um all Heritage Preservation Commission members, all historical society members, um all family. Tom, you can be included in this. I'm kidding. Yes, you can. Of course. Um you're not an add-on. Um and then gather up here uh facing that way around the podium and we'll get some pictures and Joyce and we'll get that out on our city website as well. So, congratulations. You deserve it. Your mother deserves it. We're proud of you as our hometown. >> Can I embarrass Tom? >> Political son. What? >> Can I embarrass Tom a little bit? He >> can embarrass Tom. Tom, can he embarrass you? >> Is that uh he had discussions. He said one of the things he envied about our household was there was so much reading material. We had a lot of reading material. My mother really loved her father's library, but we always had stuff to read and it was good stuff to read. And so that's so much of our background. Sorry, Tom. I didn't mean to put you on the spot. >> Yeah, he will. He will. Okay. If we all you stay and if we all gather around um Justice Paul Anderson Tom Anderson is most resembling my uh my dad. >> Yeah. No, he's you know, he's a pretty outgoing guy and he's involved in a lot of things. >> This is this is the presentation of the clock. >> Hold that. >> Okay. >> Come on, cousin. >> Can I stand by the judge? Let me get in here. >> My mother >> everybody can see I have another camera person. This is for the newspaper. She's got one. >> Congratulations. >> Okay. >> All right. >> We'll get out of your way so you get about your business. But I want you to know I do follow the government in Eden Prairie and it makes me proud. I never hesitate to say that I'm from Eden Prairie. You're special and keep it that way. >> We appreciate you so much, too. >> Dr. Ron, you know one thing about Paul, he couldn't get up in the morning. Nothing was worth, he said, getting up before 6 in the morning. >> That was my dad. >> His his dad got up at 4:30. Dad said there's nothing worth doing before 6:00 in the morning. >> All right. Thank you all um for coming. Congratulations, Paul. Justice Paul Anderson. >> All right, they're going downstairs, I think, to party. Um we have a little bit more work to do up here. Um these are good times. All right. Um so moving on, we have um the agenda to approve and I just have a brief announcement under council member reports on the legislative action that ended on um Sunday evening that benefited Eden Prairie. I want to share that. Uh otherwise, anybody else have anything to add under council member reports? If not, is there a motion to approve the agenda? I move to approve the agenda >> with my addition or second. >> The addition second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Um, anybody have any uh edits or uh comments or questions about the C sorry council minutes uh from either the workshop Tuesday, May 5th or the council meeting? Okay. If not, is there a motion to approve both of them? >> Move to approve the following city council minutes. City Council workshop held Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. City Council meeting held Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I opposed. Okay. Moving to the consent calendar, items A through H. Um, as you know, they're um important items, but things that don't need a lot more discussion, unless you wish them to have more discussion. Anybody have any item they want to pull briefly to talk about or even to vote on separately? If not, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar A through H? >> Move to approve items A through H on the consent calendar. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I opposed. >> All right. We have no public hearings this evening. Uh uh we have a student in the audience who is um fortunate I think to have a a shorter than maybe normal meeting to take notes on. Sometimes we'll have um a public hearing that takes a lengthy amount of time. Um you're I don't know if that's fortunate or not so fortunate to experience government. Nonetheless, we have none. So moving on to payment of claims. Any these are all the expenses the bills that we pay through from this time back to our last meeting. Is there uh are there any items you wish to learn more about or to question? If not, could I have a motion to approve the payment of claims? >> I'll move to approve payment of claims as submitted. >> Second. >> Second. >> Uh any further discussion? Roll call. >> Council member Fryberg. >> I. >> Council member Nan >> I. >> Council member Nelson >> I. >> Council member Tumi. >> Hi. >> Mayor Casease >> I. All right. Moving on to council member reports. I just had um an announcement really I guess I'd like to make. Um, many of our residents, I'm sure, uh, did follow a little bit the frenetic final closing of the legislative session on Saturday and Sunday as the governor pulled together, um, both Republican and Democrat leadership in both the House and the Senate, and they cobbled together what had been worked on for three months probably, but it just all came together, a quite large tax bill and a quite large bonding bill. Well, throughout the last three months or so, various cities and uh counties have gone to the legislature putting in their own requests of what might get included in the bonding bill and what might get included in the tax bill. We in Eden Prairie had our requests in the bonding bill to include along with our uh police department renovation um something that was not part of the by intention was not part of the original plan. I mean, it was part of the plan, but not part of the original funding plan. Um, a garage that would house equipment that was regional equipment like our mobile command center and other um fac um equipment that that we share when needed across the region. Um, and we otherwise would have had to have found other places to park it um andor outside. But anyway, we wanted um $2 million to build that additional attached garage, I guess, onto our or maybe it's not attached, I don't know, but anyway, it is attached onto our uh new facility that we're renovating um west of here, right attached to this building, our police department. Um and it passed. It was included in the bonding bill, and so we did win a $2 million grant basically to um put towards that building. So, we're really excited about that. And then, u many of you are aware that the Eden Prairie Mall has been for a couple years going through some um efforts to renovate and uh redo and build and um possibly at one point maybe tear down. We're not sure where that's heading yet, but um we might want to participate uh in g having a tiff tax increment financing component to that renovation project. Uh we had one approved um up through that expired uh what later on this year and we wanted it extended two years. So we had to go back to the legislature to get that within the tax bill that got included. So we were successful in that as well. So I just wanted to to say that we had some really good news coming out of the final legislative action that uh ended at 11:59 on Sunday evening. Mr. Mr. Gro, anything you want to add or that I missed or you want to clarify if I didn't say it correctly? >> Mayor, that was well said. Uh, both of our um proposals that we had before the legislature passed. Um maybe to add on a uh more global scale, something that affected probably at the the head of head of our agenda which affected many many cities throughout the region, the state uh municipal legislative commission were many housing proposals that were out there um that many cities were playing defense on that were a threat to city zoning authority. And um there were several proposals that were out there that that were that were very concerning to our city and many many cities um that are many other cities and none of those proposals passed. So, you're well aware of that as well because there were many mayors um many other public officials, city council members that also worked with our legislators um with concerns related to uh legislation that could have affected um housing in in our communities. >> Good. That's a good call out. Now, Council Member Nion reminded me um that we really owe a huge uh debt of gratitude and thanks to our three legislators who carried at least two of them. Um we owe thanks to all three, but uh Carly Cotza Watun uh carried our bills in the House and Senator Steve Suisenski, that was Representative Carly Kotisa Watun and then Representative and Senator I'll get it, Steve Suisenski, who is retiring. U we will miss him um deeply. um he carried our bills in the Senate. Um Mr. Gro and I three different times uh went down to the state legislature to give testimony on these bills and then we also have a city lobbyist that works with us to help and who was a they were a huge part of this and we are very thankful to them. Definitely money well spent um especially when you consider we got a $2 million grant from this process. So anyway, um, oh, and then Alex, um, uh, Falconer, Representative Alex Falconer, who represents Eden Prairie north of Valley View, was just a tremendous support both in his vote, but also in his lobbying. So, uh, thank you to our three legislators. It truly is a partnership uh, that as a city uh, government that we work closely with them and and also our uh, county commissioners. we have worked closely maybe not necessarily in the bills but uh certainly in the work that we do together and certainly in housing and other uh transportation other aspects and that's uh Commissioner Debbie Gautel and Commissioner Heather Eden. So it's just really a partnership with all of our governmental units. Okay. I was um super um pleased last evening to attend at 6:00 um the uh open house for the Cedar Hills Bike Park, which is I I guess I had I've seen it, but I've never really paid attention to the map of it. It's really quite exciting. And so, um the park and wreck, uh group under, um Dr. Amy Markle was there last evening and I was I went down and um a good, you know, dozen or so residents probably throughout the evening or more stopped down uh and really learned about it. It's pretty pretty impressive. So, um she's going to present to all of us to the public this evening uh the Cedar Hills bike project which starts in July in and finishes in September or something like that. >> Yep, you're correct, mayor. Thank you. Thank you, council. Um we are thrilled as a park and recck team to kind update you and also the community about the Cedar Hills bike park. Uh we've been working on the planning for a little over a year and it's really starting to take shape and come to fruition here in the next few months. So we want to make sure everybody um is caught up with what we're doing. Um so a little bit of an update. We want to talk about what is a bike park because it is a new park amenity for the city of Eden Prairie. why we'd like to build one, the location selection, the process we've been going through uh for this project. Uh we formed a bike committee. So we'll talk a little bit about that. Uh the public engagement around it, the project design and construction, how we're preparing the park and the site for the bike project, and then lastly, kind of a timeline. Um, so for those of you who don't know what a bike park is, you know, many of our surrounding cities do have bike parks. It'll be our first one in Eden Prairie, but it's a facility with various humanmade and natural obstacles such as rollers, jumps, BMS, ladder bridges, and pump tracks. And it's designed to help riders of all skill levels practice and improve their bike handling, balance, and riding techniques in a fun, safe, controlled, and accessible environment. And you can see in the pictures there's tunnels, there's little bridges, there'll be rock features. Um, a lot of the bike parks we've gone to as a family, we've seen as young as two and three year olds on strider bikes, you know, up through grandparents riding through the different courses with grandchildren. So, it's really intergenerational, all skills, all abilities. Um, so why we'd like to build a bike park is it really helps with uh adding an amenity that's year round and it helps connect people to the outdoors and community. It's an affordable non-team sport. Um, however, there are, you know, different teams that have sprung up across the state and across the metro. We do have a mountain bike team here in Eden Prairie High School. Um, it's attracted to multi-generations. It's a coste effective amenity. Uh often it will bring increased resource management. Um you know we've had a pretty critical eye at Cedar Hills Park. Um and I think as we started to plan this bike park, we've noticed how much buckthornne there is, how much invasive thistle there is. Um in the the good work that needs to be done to bring this park back into health. Um a bike park is also inclusive to all abilities. It will provide local access to trails that are integrated with the larger trail system. and we'll talk about that that Cedar Hills is really along a greater trail system. So, it provides great access and then specifically for Eden Prairie um this will provide increased protection of our conservation areas. One of our greatest concerns is we do see a lot of mountain bikers um and Richard T. Anderson and Riley Creek big woods. Beautiful areas. I can see the attraction to ride a mountain bike through these spaces, but it's causing ruts and erosion and things like that. Um, so we're looking to provide a designated space for mountain bikes to help conserve and protect our beautiful conservation areas. So our site selection was Cedar Hills Park and it's one of it is our newest park. It's located in southwest Eden Prairie. It's close to Flying Cloud Airport along Eden Prairie Road and there is a trail network that supports this park. So you can come down off Pioneer Trail or Eden Prairie Road on a trail. Um and our hope is that with this park selection, people are able to ride their bike to this park to access the bike park. Uh approximately 15 acres of the park will be utilized for trails of the 40 acre park. So a little a little bit more than a third will be used for it. The process that we followed is identifying the project need and hearing from residents that have come and discussed with me that they are driving to a lot of the area cities um to access their mountain bike trails such as Brayarin Dina. Uh Bloomington just added a trail this past fall. Um we have one out in Carver Shakape. U so many of the surrounding communities have them. Um and there was a desire for people to have one closer to home. so they wouldn't have to drive to go bike. Um so we spent some time doing work session with city council um and several meetings with our park and recreation and natural resources commission updating them. Uh we formed a bike project committee uh that were able to vet and discuss the different aspects of the project with. We went through a design process. Uh we are in the middle of the engagement and preparing the park and the site and then lastly we'll be constructing it later this summer. Uh in forming a bike committee we had approximately 12 residents that have come forward in the last few years um with an interest of having off-road cycling at Eden Prairie. So it's a group of men and women uh various ages, various abilities. uh we had one family that represented um youth that had a variety of disabilities. So we had a a lot of voice to the project. We also had um our parks and recreation and natural resources commissioners uh join us as well. And some of the topics we explored is establishing a shared vision and goals for the project, the variety of opportunities this sort of amenity could bring to the community, different types of features that we'd be interested in, and the maintenance of this facility, how we can provide accessibility and access for the community, what type of programming we could um implement once it's constructed. There's a lot of wonderful different mountain bike groups. um one that I'm really familiar with called Little Bellas, which is an all girls mountain bike group that just tried to build uh skills and confidence in young girls. Um I was a mentor for them last year in Lakeville and we had kiddos coming driving from Eden Prairie to Lakeville for Little Bellas uh because there's no chapter here in the West Metro. So that would be a great group to implement there. Um we can do summer camps, variety of programs. We also did a natural heritage review with the Minnesota DNR and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. So, we did diligence in understanding this park and making sure we didn't have any uh rare and endangered plants or animal species. So, we talked through that with our natural resource uh supervisor Carly. And then we talked about types of public engagement that we would feel is appropriate and then also discuss future trail ideas in Eden Prairie. So this won't uh naturally be a standalone site. We could integrate it with other trails. So the public engagement process that we've done um a lot of engage engagement with the bike committee itself. We've had several news articles we've done with EPLN. Uh monthly updates with the Parks and Recreation and Natural Resources Commission. Uh we had a neighborhood meeting as Mayor Casease noted last night and there's a picture from it where we had a couple dozen families come out uh largely from the neighborhood and learn more about the project. We've developed a construction page on the city's website where people can go to it and learn more information. And then right now we are designing a park sign similar to what uh Julie Klema would be putting up at like a community development project site. will have a a sign out there for people to go to a website or QR code to learn more information. Uh for the project design, we worked with a local company called Pathfinder. They're out of Afton, Minnesota. Uh they completed the design and then we vetted it through the both the bike committee and our commission and went through several iterations of the design process. We put the project out for bid. We had six trail building companies uh pull the construction documents and two put in a bid and we went with our lowest bidder which was Pathfinder Trail Builders um and they've already been out several times to the park to walk it with us um and start to plan and prepare the project. We will be starting construction probably mid July and we'll have signs, you know, for the community to understand when that construction will take place, but we'll still have the park open. Um, you know, the playground, the walk, the main walking trail, all of that will be open as it is normally. So, when you look at the actual design of the project, um, it's all in Cedar Hills Park west of Eden Prairie Road. As you come in on the lower area, uh, where the parking lot is, we'll have the bike playground. And I'll show you some pictures of what that will look like. But it's a like a a track that people can get on with a variety of features, tunnels, berms, rocks, and things where people can gain the skills where they'll have the confidence to jump on one of the trails. Um towards the top of Eden Prairie Road um as you kind of come down from the Grace Church area, we will have a trail head. So you won't need to come down to the parking lot to access the the mountain bike trail. You can access it um off Eden Prairie Road. And as you come in, um the northern part of the park will have a large like two plus mile circular trail that is what we consider green or the easiest. So really all abilities, all riders uh would be able to take on the green trails. In the kind of right where it says skills park, we'll have a central hub in that area and different uh trail lines that people can take. It will all be signed so people understand the skill level you would need to take that trail. But we'd have intermediate features and also advanced so there's a little bit of something for everybody. But on the far western side of the park, that would all be green. So, we'll have a variety of features uh for people again of all skill abilities to to try. And common with mountain biking is where there's a feature, there's also an area to go around. So, if you're not comfortable going over a a bridge or a specific rock or a log, you can just simply go around it. That's the way the trails are constructed. Uh so, this is the general layout. Um, you know, so far feedback we've gotten from mountain bikers and people in the community is is people are excited. So, and then just a little bit more of imagery of what the bike playground itself would look like. You can see it's kind of a track off of the parking lot. And that area itself is a little bit larger than an acre. So, it's just to help you understand. It's not a huge area. Um, but it would have what we call rollers kind of going up and down. you roll your bike. We'd have BMS where you take a rounded corner, rocks, tunnels. Um, we'll have picnic tables, a bike fix it station, and a, you know, variety of areas around this space for, you know, parents to sit or people that are non- mountain bikers. Across the sidewalk is the playground. So, it really kind of creates a nice space where, you know, some parts of a family want to bike, others want to play in the playground, we'll have seating in between the two and and for people who just want to watch it all happen or watch kids do it, um there'll be space there for that. And currently, we're prepping the site for the project. Um once we got into Cedar Hills and really walked the area where the trials will be, uh we noticed a lot of buckthornne. So right now we are up to our eyeballs in buckthornne doing a lot of removal. Um which is good for the park and good for this project. Um we are not planning to cut any trees for this project. Only if there's really a hazard tree. So, as the trial gets laid out, if there is a tree that naturally is is dead and could come down on somebody, um those will be removed. And one of the other uh areas that we're going to be doing is we have a couple entrances into Riley Creek Big Woods Conservation Area from Cedar Hills Park is we're going to be um redesigning the entrance into that trail system. We don't want people on mountain bikes to enter into the conservation area, which is currently a problem. Um, so this is really something that that would needed to be done anyway. But on the the lower picture there, you can see kind fences that cross one another where there is an entrance with that is okay for people to walk into a trail, but you can't ride a bike in. So, we'll be signing it and um making it really obvious it's not for for bikers. Um so that's some of the prep work that that we are doing and the project timeline itself. Uh you know we originally did a work session um a while ago with city council and over the winter we met with the bike committee and the commission um for about the past six months. Uh over the winter we also did design. This spring we did the project bid. Right now we're doing uh the engagement and site prep and the construction again will start in July and once it gets going it actually doesn't take too long to build out these trails. Uh so we are assuming we'd have a ribbon cutting sometime after Labor Day in September. So any questions? >> Well that's exciting. Um we look forward to that. Um, and it'd be really fun to monitor then usage and you can sometime next year give us a report back. That would be great. All right, council. Any further comments or questions? >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um, anything further to come before the council this evening? >> I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> If none, move to adjourn the city council meeting tonight. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I oppose this meeting is adjourned. >> Run down and >> see if they're still there.