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March 27, 1993 Mr. John McClellan Superintendent Centennial School District Independent School District No. 12 Dear Mr. McClellan I noticed in your February 22, School Board minutes the motion to trade approximately 8 acres of land on the east side of the School Districts property on Birch Street just west of the Pheasant Hills Preserve Development, for land to the west and adjacent to the existing School District property. There was also some discussion of selling the remaining land in the future. Please take a minute to review our intended Parks and Recreation land needs in this area. Park plate No. : 29 on page 6-82 of our Comprehensive Plan describes this need. As has worked out very well for the School District, City of Lino Lakes and tax-payers, the Rice Lake Elementary School Joint Use r Park is a similar sort of land public use. Thank you very much for this. The interaction (partnership) between Centennial School District and the City of Lino Lakes is a stated goal in our Comprehensive Plan. The partnership works well. The JU-3 Park area as identified on page 6-62 of our plan is a similar partnership use. The City of Lino Lakes Park Board would like to begin discussions with you concerning the development of a joint use agreement for a needed 10 acre park (JU-3) in this area. If your School Board intends to sell this land in the future we would like the opportunity to purchase 10 acres of land to the west of the Vaughn property. Of course the biggest value to the city is that of another partnership. We cannot however miss the opportunity to acquire land in this area. This parcel is strategically important for park use. Please call me if you have any questions concerning this letter. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Sincerely Marty Asleson Parks Recreation and Forestry Coordinator City of Lino Lakes Jam`