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Page 2 Park Board August 20, 1979 . . .Grading and seeding Lee Motte Park, $ This would be primarily for upgrading the park, and would go under capital outlay. Marilyn noted Shenandoah Park was being graded by Glenn Rehbein. It had not been dedicated yet, but would put the Park Board ahead of the 1980 plan. . . .Central and south parking lots at Sunrise, for a total of $2,000. . . . It was noted the $6,000 for the new hockey rink at Sunrise Park was not in the 1980 plan, but it was felt that it would be better to go ahead and construct the new one this year and repair the old one for a couple of years . However, it would need to be constructed before freezing. The reason for the low figure ($6,000) was felt to be that- this was just for materials and not the labor; it was felt Don Volk should put a labor figure on this. A letter from the Hockey Association with the information requested had been received. Marilyn noted that when the Five-Year Plan was developed, the estimates had been some- what high; however it was felt they should be kept at that level . Mr. Zelinka suggested that the items that could be cut down be marked with an asterik, otherwise all figures might be cut. Marilyn brought up the park plan of each park that the Park Board had wanted, but it was felt this could be done themselves. Mr. Zelinka mentioned the possibility of getting U of M students from the landscaping-architecture department to help on the park planning. This had been done before and had been fairly inexpen- sive, running $200-300. Mr. Zelinka will talk to the project director this week, and ask them to get in touch with the office. They will be referred to Ina Liljedahl . Mr. Scherer mentioned the possibility of Anoka College, which had been trying to place students in the area last year. Pictures of the tot lot at Sunset Oaks were avail- able. Marilyn indicated that Roy Stanley had picked up the book or folder in order to see what the finished product should look like when they assembled it. Mr. Zelinka felt that arrangements for maintaining it needed to be made once it was dedicated to the City. Marilyn said that $500 for maintenance had been included under salaries. She will ask the Police Department to take some more pictures of the park. Mr. Scherer asked if the Council had taken any action on raising the valuation of land for dedication. He felt the figure of,#1 ,100, set in 1976, was too low, and that with the plats coming in in the next few months, it would make quite a difference in dedi- cated funds. Mr. Zelinka said this would be brought up and should catch up by 1980- 1981. Marilyn noted that the Council had been requesting park money for lot divisions as well . Mr. Zelinka said that when the overall plan was finished, Ordinance No. 56 would be reworked, and one of the amendments would be to make the changes so that the Council could change the valuation by resolution from time to time as necessary. Payment would be required when a building permit is taken out, or when the plat or meets and bounds are laid out, although the question of meets and bounds had not been resolved yet. Mr. Scherer asked what the alternatives were when park funds were used up; Mr. Zelinka indicated that a special levy could be raised, and mentioned that it probably should be done to keep a reserve. In reference to the all-season building, Mr. Scherer asked if no federal or state grants were received and a bond were issued, would this be pro-rated for each year, or be in a lump sum for one year; Mr. Zelinka replied that it would be an improvement fund such as for sewers over a period of years and would be on the tax rolls as some mils. He indicated that when the Park Board selects where they wanted a park to be, land held now could be traded for the selected site; one peice would be sold so that another could be bought. Mr. Scherer suggested taking dedicated land and holding it off the tax rolls for a year or two and then selling it at a profit in order to increase park funds. Ina Liljedahl raised the question of dedicated land that is swampy for example, in which case the Park