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neighborhood park. Brian asked Marty what it would cost to put playground equipment in the park. Marty responded approximately $12, 000. Amy said she knows it is frustrating for them, she is happy to see them take such an interest in their neighborhood, and appreciated them coming before the park board with their issue. She also stated, in the future, maybe the developers should be made more responsible for developing the park areas. Brian thank them for coming to the park meeting and told them they did an excellent job. He asked if anyone was going to attend the neighborhood meeting September 9th. Marty and George will attend the meeting. UPDATES CONTINUED D. Recreation Focus Committee: Brian Bourassa gave an overview of what has transpired at the last two Recreation Focus Committee meetings. He said there was a need to have a neighborhood meeting in the Wenzel Farm area. He further added that the committee felt it was necessary to have a survey done. Marty added that Ray Weber is willing to work on the survey. Various Park Board members gave their views on a survey. They felt residents throughout the city should be ^ included in the survey so they had the true feelings of the residents. There was also discussion on the possibility of the City Council doing a survey. Marty would like the Recreation Focus Committee and the Park Board to be included in the process if the city decides to do a survey. He then reported that there was a young man, Rob Schleicher, on the Recreation Focus Committee and Teen Subcommittee that was a real go-getter. Marty discussed what has transpired on the Teen Committee. They would like to have a dance but we really do not have the proper facility to have one. He also stated that when the time comes to do something like this it must be successful the first time around because there won't be a second chance with the teens. Pam Taschuk stated that the school year might not be the proper time to have a dance. Maybe we should focus on a summer event. She also stated that the Brandywood child population was a good example of what could lay ahead for the City of Lino Lakes in regards to the teen population. Marty said that he had put in the budget, money to hire a parttime community outreach person. He thought it was important that the teens had someone to identify with. Amy suggested that if we were looking for a project for the teens maybe they could debrush Baldwin Lake Road. In conclusion, Brian stated if any members had anything they n would like brought to the Recreation Focus Committee they should 4