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Approved November 4, 2019 Page 6 clearing of the vegetation will not just improve the view but also the safety as you will be able to see that area and monitor things. Resident #5 ask the Park Board to elaborate how the budget works and what that looks like. She asked what percentage would be given and how that works. Huelman stated that DeGardner would have to fill in the details, but basically when a development comes in they will either give land or give a cash value per housing unit toward park dedication. That funding is then used to create a park. If the developer gives only the land there is no money to develop the park and if they give cash and a little bit of land they can usually work with that. After a while when the park ages, like Woods of Balwin Park, there is no city funding to upgrade or maintain the parks (well some of it) but there is no funds for new playground equipment. Two things have changed, recently, the City Council gave one time funding to the Park Board so that we (the City/Park Board) could look into some of our greatest needs and prioritize the things that need to be done and upgraded. Resident #5 asked if that was the $500,000 and Huelman replied, “yes”. He continued, the thought is if a development when in on County Road J and Hodgson that there would then be Park Dedication Fees associated with that development and some park needs for that development but then take that Park Dedication money and put some of that into this park (Wood of Baldwin Lake). “So that is how it works”, he said. He stated that there isn’t an ongoing budget process where the Park Board can assign dollars to highest priorities. So the money for this project would have to be generated by the City Council or by a development to pay for these upgrades. He then passed the floor to DeGardner who stated that he was correct and the reason for this meeting it that the Lyngblomsten development had already submitted plans and it has been approved and the developer is in the process of getting all the documents and doing the surveying and such. DeGardner continued that once all document are finished they will submit them back to the City for approval and once that happens the development is a done deal and that’s where the City would be getting some of these Park Dedication dollars for this park. With those Park Dedication dollars they will get credit for trails. He stated that there is a trail going in along the north side of County Road J along the development and they (LyngblomstenDeveloper) will get credit for putting that in, but the dollars left over he anticipates will be able cover most ,if not all, of the stuff for the park with the exception of the boardwalk. He reiterated again to everyone that until things are signed and it’s a done deal we need to wait, but we (the City) are in the process. He stated that this should evolve in the next few month as long as the City Council approves them (Lyngblomsten Deveopers). Resident #5 asked if they would expect all that to be done within the next year (the Lyngblomsten deal and the park work) and DeGardner stated if it is approved in January or February and once the money is in the bank they can move forward with getting the process started. He then stated to watch for the announcement in the paper the Lyngblomsten development final plat has been approved and the process should start soon after that. So the purpose of this meeting was to have a plan for when those dollars come in so we do not spend the time then developing this plan. Resident #5 asked if there was any indication of what the dollar amount would be (amount coming from the Lyngblomsten development). DeGardner stated at this point it would be