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Park Bcard Meeting March 2 , 1981 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Park Board was called to order at 7 : 30 P.M. , on March 2, 1981 by Chairman' LeBlond with the following member: present; Johnson , Scherer, Volk. Absent; Foster, Crouse . . Mr. SCherer moved to approve the minutes of January 5, 1981 and February 2, 1981 as presented. Seconded by Mr. Johnson . Mr'.- Volk asked to have the minutes of February 2, 1982 corrected as follows; page 2 , 8th paragraph, should read 'parking lot ' not ' tot lot ' The correction was accepted and motion carried unanimously . Mrs . LeBlond noted that in the January minutes there had been a request for release of funds - had this gone to Council and she was told, not yet In the Feb. 2 minutes the fencing for Lino Park had been approved . With the Babe Ruth not using that field, is this fencing necessary? Mr. Volk said that is an established field and is used by soft ball teams . The fence will be shortened up to meet soft ball regulations and there should be some savings . Mrs . LeBlond asked is a letter had been sent to the VFW on the proposed used of the funds given by that orginazation and Mr. Schumacher said, Yes. XISoo.00 `( ` -� J-P W � � - Mrs. LeBlond felt the motion in the minutes was not clear as to the inteni of the Park Board and should be clarified. Mr. Volk moved that the Park Board allocate on the $1500 . 00 to be spent on a Tot Lot at City Hall Park - not all VFW Funds . Seconded by Mr. Johnson . Motion carried unanimously . Mr. Craig Gallop was present to present the type of equipment designed and built by his company - Minnesota Playground Equipment . Mr. Gallop was thanked for time and information . Mrs . LeBlond noted that Mrs . Sullivan will not be present at this meeting. She felt she needed to talk with some of the residents of the Shenandoah area before she presented her plans for the development of the Shenandoah Park. The Resolution passed by the Council last November authorizing certain expenditures from the dedicated funds was reviewed by Mr. Volk. He presented the areas where the money had been allocated for development and noted the items that have been started, bids accepted or are in the process . Mr. Volk pointed out that the monies allocated for the parking lots in Sunrise Park is not enough - he felt there would be a need for approximately an additional $4000 . 00 to complete these parking lots . There had been $16,000 . 00 allocated for the hockey rink and the cost figures had come in at approximately $12,000 . 00+. There had been several items that funds had been allocated for but k?othi.ng has been started as yet . Mr . Volk reminded the Board that if there are to be changes in the prograr