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MI~IUTES City Council Oct. 14, 1987 Plinutes (Cont.) The for•egoing r•esolution was duly seconded by Mr~. Blesener. Ayes (5) Scalze, Blesener~, LaValle, Fahey, Collova. Nays (0). Resolution declar•ed adopted. This r•esolution appear•s in Resolution Book No. 18, Page 511. Mrs. Scalze r•epor~ted that page 7, last par•agr~aph of the October• 7, 1987 Special Council Meeting minutes should be amended to r•eflect that par•k dedication fees would be cr•edited to the Par~k Acquisition Fund, r~ather~ than par•k per~mi t fees. The 1 ast sentence i n that par•agr•aph should be amended changing "par•k per~mit fees" to "par•k char•ges" as well Mr~. Blesener• introduced the following r~esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 87-10-484 - APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 7, 1987 SPECIAI_ COUNCIL MEETING AS AMENDED Public Hear•i ng Centewville Road Par•k Pr•oposal Agenda Item No. 5 The for•egoing r•esolution was duly seconded by Mr•s. Scalze. Ayes (5) Blesener~, Scalze, Fahey, Collova, LaValle. Nays (0), Resolution declar•ed adopted. This r•esolution appears in Resolution Book No. 18, Page 511. Mayor~ Fahey opened the public hearing to consider• a pr~oposal for the City to pur~chase up to 33.88 acr•es of pr•oper~ty in the Centerville Road ar~ea immediately nor•th of the Montreal Cour~ts apar•tment complex for~ par•k and r•ecr•eation pur•poses. Fahey pointed out that two year~s ago, based on the r~ecommendation of the Par•k Commission, the City consider•ed the pur•chase of 16 acr•es of pr•oper~ty in this same ar~ea for• r~ecr•eational use. Fahey pointed out that the pr•oposal has come up again with the Par•k Commission and the Recr~eation Association r•ecommending in favor~ of the pur•chase. Fahey r~epor~ted that the Recr•eation Association will addr•ess the Council on this matter•, as will Bill Sander•s, r•epr•esenting the Par•k Commission, and Bob Voto, the City's Auditor•, on the issue of the City's financial capability to make such a pur•chase. After• that point, the hear~ing will be opened to comments fr~om the public. acr•es, Nor~th Oaks has 328 acres, Ar•den Hills has 423 acr•es. Fahey also pointed out the r•esults of a Metr~o land study which indicated that Little Canada has 63 acr•es of land in recreational use, including the 4later~ Wor~ks pr•operty, compar~ed with much gr•eater~ amounts for~ sur~r•ounding cities. For• example, Roseville has 729 acr~es of land in r•ecr•eational use, Vadnais Heights has 650 acr~es, Shor•eview has 1,450 Page -2-