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CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1995 are working with $15,000 worth of dedicated park funds only, this year. Last year, with paving trails on the city overlay road projects, we placed 7020 feet of trail in at a cost of $28,829.84 including engineering costs of $1402.02. Without this combined effort, this project would have cost much more. Marty went on to say that his concern is if we are not able to combine with some other efforts, does the Park Board still wish to spend the dedicated park dollars, or wait until we can get more "bang for the buck". Pam wanted to know how many feet could be done with the dedicated dollars we have now. Marty responded, maybe 1/3 could be done this year. Sharon's thought on this issues was that if a trail could be connected it should be given high priority, instead of a new trail. Betty asked how Marty determined priority for the trails. Marty said first priority were trails on the list the longest, secondly was the safety standpoint, but mainly were the ones in the residential areas. Joe asked if the $1,400 was dedicated money. Marty said there was $15,000 in the dedicated park fund and $15,000 in the general fund. The $1,400, spent on engineering costs, came from the general fund and park dedication fund.. The members were concerned about the rising cost to complete trails if the city waits to do them, and the increase of future trail development. The Park Board recommended that Marty go forward and write the specs to get price quotes for trail paving. It was suggested that this be discussed at the September goal setting meeting. Projects: Wenzel Farms - The playground was raised in the Wenzel Farm development on Saturday, August 5, 1995, by the neighborhood, Dave Lichtscheidl, and a representative from the playground company. It took them about eight hours to 2