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November 5, 1979 n The reaular meeting of the Park Board was called to order at 8: 10 p.m. , November 5, 1979 by Chairman Ina Liljedahl . Members present: Peter Scherer, Tom Shaughnessy, y Gary Foster, and Ken Johnson. Also present were Don Volk, and Mr. Schumaker, City Administrator. Members absent: Council liaison Richard Zelinka, Larry Crouse, and Charles Cheesebrough. Mr. Scherer moved to approve the minutes of the October 1 regular meeting. �1r. Shaughnessy seconded the notion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed. ,'Mrs . Liljedahl reviewed the current situation with the four-season building, and indicated it would not be possible to construct the lower level of the building alone, as had been sugaested at the joint Council meeting, because city code did not allow this; the upper level would have to be blocked in as well , althouah not necessarily finished. In order to get an idea of the price range, she had brought the original plans of the two-story building around and had to date received one quote of S28,000 for all the brickwork (all cement work) , which did not include any carpentry. This was felt to be. hiah. Mr. Scherer raised a question which had previously been discussed, as to the effectiveness or viability of people in the community donating time on the structure, which would reduce the costs. There had been an offer to donate the excavating and dirt work. He suggested the possibility of contacting the contractors in the community to donate a day or two of time. It was felt there might be some problems with this, such as unreliability, and, for instance, in getting all the blocks laid (8-9,000 blocks) . There was also the ques- tion of Council approval . Mr. Shaughnessy asked whether Mr. Locher had ever written the letter to Metro Council on the classification criteria; Mrs . Liljedahl indicated she had not seen a cony, and it was noted he had been supposed to forward a copy to the Park Board. Mr. Schumaker, the City Administrator, was present and introduced by Mrs. Liljedahl . He indicated he was familiar with LAWCON grants , having worked with the program for Sauk Rapids. They had been successful with four out of four grants. As he understood it, Lino Lakes had been classified as a rural town center, a concept which Metro applied to communities which in the nast had been established on their own rather than as a suburb. Geographically, Lino Lakes must be connected with a small , older farming community close by. It was felt this could be Centerville. Mr. Schumaker indicated that as this was his first day as City Administrator, he had not had time to research this yet, but Dlanned to talk with Phyllis Hanson and Marty Jenson, the two individuals handling recreation and open space at Metro Council . He felt that considering the growth factor in Lino Lakes, there was an obvious need for this type of parks development, and the best option was to get the rural town center classi- fication changed. There was also the possibility of some type of variance. However, Metro had aiven a variance to a rural town center once, which had caused a great deal of trouble, and they did not plan on doing so again. Mrs. Liljedahl felt Metro was somewhat up in the air about Lino Lakes, and also the city had not taken the time to get involved, and that greater communication was necessary as just knowing how to write the grant was not enough. She felt someone should represent the city at the meeting Metro was holding in January or February to review their criteria for the next year. Mr. Schumaker felt that the City Council generally put parks and recreation at the bottom of the funding list because it was not a serious need or eminent health threat compared to a fire truck or snow plow, or something of that nature. Therefore, he felt any funds the Park Board did have should be considered very valuable unless there was a large source of revenue coming in on an annual basis. If the Park Board did