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Page 4 Park Board October 1, 1979 �-� the County Park was developing boat launch sites, and also that the beach was the last step in the plan. Mayor Karth noted there would be additional expenses such as rock for the parking lot, posts, etc. , and asked if theBoard had drawn out a map with locations and so on for the different projects. Mr. Shaughnessy indicated that the clearinq and grading came first on the step-by-step projection plan. The Five-Year Plan was discussed, and Mayor Karth was qiven a copy . Mr. Crouse indicated the priority was the multi-use building, and secondly updating the multi- use building area. This would be primarily the recreation rink and reversing the ballfields. Otherwise, most steps in the Five-Year Plan were concurrent on a yearly basis. Mr. Johnson noted that the grant would also have included some of the other park projects in addition to the all-purpose building. The first item on the plan, the tot lot at Sunset Oaks , had already been completed by Roy Stanley. The ball- fields at Lino Park were discussed, and the Park Board no longer felt these should be reversed. The next item was developing the parking lots , updating the tot lot, and maintenance at Sunrise Park. Mayor Karth noted there was some feeling at Council meetings that the Park Board should spend the money on improving the already existing parks like Sunrise rather than spending the money on the new land, such as Grover' s Park and so on. Sunrise Park in particular needed some work done on it. Mr. Crouse asked Mr. Gourley if he had any thoughts to express on this ; Mr. Gourley felt that for a number of years there had been a lack of communication between the Park Board and the P & Z, and had also not been aware there was a liaison for the P & Z. Mr. Gourley was also given a copy of the Five-Year Plan, and Mayor Karth was aiven a copy of the Action Plan. He asked about item No. 12, in reference to the holding pond owned by the state. Mr. Johnson indicated this was being used as a n holding pond over by the Correctional Institute, and would possibly be donated. Mr. Shaughnessy suggested the Park Board consider tennis facilities for some of the parks. Mr. Scherer raised the issue of the $1,100 cash value in lieu of land, and felt the land was actually worth much more than that. He also brought up the possibility of taking the land and holding it for resale. The latter was not generally felt to be feasible. Mr. Shaughnessy suggested the land value be set at what it would sell for on the market; However, Mr. Scherer pointed out that the developer had to invest a certain amount of money to bring the land value up, and Mayor Karth agreed that the value had to be based on the raw land before it was platted. He felt the Council would take action if this was put in the form of a motion; the Park Board indicated there was already a motion on record. Mr. Johnson noted the Council had also been requested to review the possibility of tacking the fee on to the building permit. Mayor Karth indicated that one of the objections was the questionable legality, and the possibility of someone contesting it. Mr. Scherer said that he had contacted the Attorney General 's office on this, and they had said that if there was an action, it would have to include all communities in a class action suit, and also, since most communities were using that system, there would have to be a law that specifically forbid it. The fee that had been suggested by the Park Board in the original motion was $150 per permit. Mayor Karth felt thatat the present rate of 10-15 permits per month for 5 months ($7,500) plus about $5,000 for the remaining months, the total of about $12,500 a year was at least equalled by the present system. He noted that the $1,100 per acre figure had been decided last year and the park fund was now at $60,000. Mr. Scherer felt that at this point there was a fund established, and the Park Board could now change to the other system; it would ,yeild $150 per building site, and when sewer service came in, the subdivisions would provide additional income over a period