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CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MEETING APRIL 5, 1993 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Park Board was called to order at 6:30 pm at Lino Lakes City Hall on Monday, April 5, 1993 by Chairman George Lindy. Roll call was taken, members in attendance were: Bob Williams, Brian Bourassa, John Bauman, George Lindy, Ken Johnson and Joe Schmidt. Also in attendance were Don Volk, Director of Public Works, Marty Asleson, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Coordinator and Carole Kohler, Parks Secretary. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the March 1, 1993 meeting were approved as written. OPEN MIKE: No one appeared under "Open Mike" OLD BUSINESS• Neighborhood Meeting - Brian Bourassa reported on his meeting with residents of the Sunset Oaks Park area on March 22nd. Also at that meeting were Marty Asleson and Joe Schmidt. Brian reported that the meeting was attended by at least 20 residents. He explained to the residents the board's desire to upgrade the park equipment. The neighbors suggested they would also be interested in a small pleasure skating rink, a small ballfield and putting up a berm to the west of the park to keep the ballfield activity from encroaching onto neighboring yards. Joe Schmidt noted that the neighbors showed a lot of enthusiasm and offered their labor to help save costs, perhaps in landscaping and planting, etc. Marty Asleson explained the costs involved in purchasing new equipment plus site preparation, etc. could easily be over $15,000. The neighbors were given some equipment catalogs so they could get some idea of what's available and a meeting will be set up in about four to six weeks. There was a discussion regarding the design of the park, should there be a ballfield and ice rink along with equipment. Also the matter of financial limits. It's important that the neighborhood group know the costs involved and the budget constraints. It was agreed that the neighborhood group be mailed information regarding park design and budget limitations, and be invited to the next park board meeting to get their input and decide what the next course of action will be. It should be noted that the Sunset Oaks park is also the designated park for the new Apollo Meadows development, and there will be some funds coming from that park dedication that could be used in the upgrading of Sunset Oaks. Short Term Goals: Short term goals and priorities as established by the board last Fall were discussed. The upgrading of Sunset Oaks 1