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PARK BOARD February 4, 1985 Page Three NEW BIISINESS There was no new business. OLD BIISINESS Mr. Ray Johnson gave a financial statement from the BMX track covering May , 1984 to September, 1984 to the secretary and asked that copies be placed in the packet along with next month' s agenda. Mr. Flannery asked about the recent snowmobile fatality in the County Park. Mr. Volk reported what he had heard about the accident , and agreed to place flag tape of the cables stretched across the popular snowmobiling trails to try to avoid any such accident in Lino Lakes. A letter has been received from the St . Paul Water Commission in response to our question to them last spring with regard to possible purchase of a parcel of land they have leased to the City for $1.00 per year for approximately fifteen years. Their letter states that they would sell the parcel in the Baldwin Lake area for anywhere from $40,000 to $50,000. Mr. Schumacher said that the $1. 00 per year lease will terminate this year. The Board felt that the $40 - 50,000 figure was way out of line. Mr. Ray Johnson moved to have the City staff write a letter to St. Paul Water Commission stating that the City would not be inter- ested in purchasing the parcel at the price quoted in their letter of November 6 , 1984. Mr. Scherer seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. The Board received a copy of the letter sent from the City at the request of the Park Board on behalf of John MacDonald with regard to the jurisdiction question surrounding the silting problem caused by a ditch on Centerville Road running into Centerville Lake. This item was discussed and is outlined in the November 5, 1985 Park Board minutes. It appears that neither State Paul Water Works , the DNR, the County, nor Rice Creek Watershed District claims responsibility or jurisdiction for this problem and thus the problem is the landowners. The Board asked the City staff to notify the land- owner, particularly John MacDonald, and make him aware of this situation. Mr. Schumacher agreed to do so. The task of appointing a Chairman for the 1985 Park Board will appear as an agenda item for the next meeting. Mr. Ray Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting at 9: 00 P.M. Mr. Flannery seconded the motion. Aye.