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Park Board August 6, 1984 Page Two - The organization is planning on compiling an itemized bookkeeping account of profit/loss that the Park Board may review at year end . - A .similar track in Mankato has a bottling company come on the premises during their events for concessions and that bottling company keeps all the profits; the current BMX procedure at least uses the profits themselves . - There are tentative plans for the Lions Club to start running a con- cession trailer at the races , in which case the profits will go back into community through the Lions . Mr. Scherer still felt that some user fee should be charged, although the concensus of the rest of the Board was that the track was probably at a break-even point after last years expenses and any future profits would probably go into track improvements , and since Mr. Kleinhans was responsible to the Lions Club and the Park Board in regard to the BMX track, the Board should wait and review the accounting records at the end of the year . Within the last couple weeks , the BMX track presented the City and the Lions Club with appreciation plaques for their support in the BMX venture . The Board was invited by Mr. Volk to attend their next race on August 18 , which is their largest race (should include participants from the .five state area) and gets national advertising attention through the official BMX racing publication . Mr . Volk will be sending a copy of the race sched- ule to the Board members . ^SUNSET OAKS PARK DEDICATION The situation as recalled by the Board is that the Board discussed park dedication with Mr. Roy Stanley (developer of Sunset Oaks) some time ago. Part of the Sunset Oaks area is developed and a "tot lot" has been developed in that area . The area in question is north of Lilac St . and has not yet been developed. A portion of the undeveloped plat became Lino Air Park property for which a park dedication of cash has been collected. Mr. R. Johnson thought that some of the undeveloped area had been declared unable to be developed due to poor drainage , by Rice Creek Watershed District , and that the Board should discuss the matter again with Mr . Stanley to get an update on the status of development plans . The Board asked Mr. Volk to have administrative staff research the situ- ation , going back to old Park Board minutes and sending copies to the Board with the next agenda , and contact Mr. Stanley in regard to getting some commitment in writing from him as to park dedication for the remaining Sunset Oaks area . OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Scherer asked what ever happened to the possibility of collecting ,*�1a fee from building permit recipients for park use , which was discussed a -few years ago. The Board felt that this idea would not be well received and therefore it was dropped at that time , and should not be considered again at this time. Mr. Flannery moved to adjourn at 8 :00 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Nissen . Aye .