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Memo To: From: Date: Subject: Larry Schenk, City Attorney Terry Townsend, Director of Public August 10, 2001 Considerations Regarding the Archers for Christ Lease Proposal on Lake Crook Consider a 10 year lease for zones 2, 4, 5, and 6 to the Archers for Christ, as designated on the official Lake Crook Map dated December 9, 1991, or a similar map revised in 1996. · The Paris Gun Club already has an exclusive lease in zone 3. The City retains zones I, 7, and 8 for public use. This would include continued development of the property in zone 8 and expanding the development to include the construction of various public trails for bikes, horseback riding and hiking in zones I and 7. These trail improvements would be inexpensive to provide and require little upkeep once they were utilized. The Council adopted Option 2 of the Lake Crook Master Plan. On page 26 of 45 this option identifies, "the expansion of a hiking and biking trail along the north shore, looping all the way around the dam and spillway and tying back into the developed south shore park. These trails would be cleared, unpaved paths through the woods with underbrush pulled back away from the trail for safety sake. In unusually steep creek crossing areas foot style bridges would be needed and culverts would be installed in major drainage paths. $ignage along the trail would identify location, mile markers, and hazards. Nature identification signs could be placed to point out flora and fauna encountered along the trail. Maintenance of the trail will be inexpensive but still required. Signs from time to time must be reset and brush continually cut back from the trail."