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November 3 , 1980 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Park Board was called to order at 7 :30 P .M. , on November 3 , 1980 , by Chairman Liljedahl . Members present; Scherer, Shaughnessy , Johnson, Crouse. Absent; Foster . Mr . Scherer moved to approve the minutes as presented with a comment that the reports from the Police Department on the activities in the Park had not been received, he wondered where they were . Seconded by Mr . Johnson . Motion carried unanimously . The first item on the agenda was a report from MzS. Doris Sullivan with a report on the progress of the park planning. Mrs . Sullivan presented maps showing the buffer zones for the playing areas in Sunrise Park. She suggested moving one of the parking lots or perhaps eliminating this parking lot and using only the one in the center. Her next step on this park is to finalize the plan . She also presented suggestions for planting to outline the park area thus marking the borders and leaving an area that could be used for touch football . There was suggestions for the types of trees and shrubs that should be planted around the area . There was some discussion on where the parking should be located and Mr. Sullivan gave her reasons for indicating the locations on the map. After some discussion , Mrs . Sullivan asked if the previously indicated parking lot near the Little League fields should be left - if this is the ,---., wishes of this Board, she will redraw the lot at that location , she also indicated that she would include recommendations for placement of shrubery in her final plan . Mrs . Sullivan reported on the Country Lakes Parks and indicated that this is her favorite planning process - a vacant piece of land that can be started from the beginning and the areas that should be retained, can be noted without having to deal with already established play areas . . She presented a suggestion for a beach area and discussed the various soils in the area , noting their limitations . Mrs . Sullivan suggested that the natural growth be retained as much as possible and she presented some suggested areas that should have some additional planting. Mr . Scherer moved to recommend to the Council that authorization be given for Mrs . Sullivan to complete this plan . Mrs . Sullivan asked if she should come back before this Board before she finalizies this plan and the general consensus of the Board was that she should . The motion was seconded by Mr. Shaughnessy and carried unanimously . Mrs . Liljedahl asked Mr . Volk about the parking lots and Mr . Volk said it ,—,,might be possible to get some work done on one of the lots but he did not know at this point in time . Mr . Johnson presented his ideas on the development of the tot lot at the City Hall Park. After some discussion on the various types of equipment available, it was decided that-Mr. Volk should contact a couple of the