Creekside Nature Area trail enhancement donation
Summary
The donated 1.16-mile surfaced path around Creekside Nature Area is effectively dead after the City Council took no action on June 15. A motion to send it back for more public input died without a second.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jun 18, 2026.
Impact analysis
No cost to the city — the project was to be fully donated — but the community loses a free trail improvement.
Supporters of the trail lose out on a free amenity for walkers, cyclists, and school activities.
Residents who wanted an accessible surfaced loop at the nature area lose the opportunity.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Advisory Board - Jun 18, 2026
The donated 1.16-mile surfaced path around Creekside Nature Area is effectively dead after the City Council took no action on June 15. A motion to send it back for more public input died without a second.
City Council - Jun 15, 2026
Northstar Construction's offer to donate labor and equipment for an alluvial-gravel trail at Creekside Nature Area remains unresolved — a motion to refer it back to the park board died for lack of a second, and the previously tabled item now sits in limbo.
City Council - May 27, 2026
Northstar Construction's Matt Polich will donate labor and equipment to surface roughly a mile of trail — worth $50K-$100K — at no cost to the city. Council leaned toward doing the entire trail at once rather than the park board's suggested half-mile phase one.
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