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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting ,.r August 5, 1996 George agreed with Amy. Consider some berming with vegetation. The ballfield area should be addressed soon too. George felt that a majority of the board would support appropriate berming, appropriate vegetation, and opening up the existing berm around the play structure so there is an open passage of some sort from the open area to the east of it . There was discussion of a 4 to 1 slope vs . a 5 to 1 slope . A 4 to 1 slope would take less room. Pat Helman, 570 Lonesome Pine Trail, asked about a seating arrangement or terracing of timbers by the playground area. . Marty said he will look at this . Might put hardwoods on the berm by the playground. This would provide shading and air conditioning. Shoreview Covenant Church Lease: Marty asked the board to refer to page 6-19 of the Comprehensive Park and Trail Plan. The history of land provision for this neighborhood park has been very difficult . The park was originally intended to be located in the area located north of the designated area in the plan (indicated as an open area) . This area was lost sometime during the composition of the Comp- plan to a private investor who sold the area for a single family residential lot . A search was then initiated for a suitable 6 acre site and narrowed down to the area that was purchased by the Shoreview Covenant Church. During this process, the Woods of Baldwin Lake emerged to create more housing, residents, and open space needs . Thus a dedication was taken at the present mini-park site. Since the projected needs for this area is about 6 acres, according to our comprehensive plan, the idea of working something out with the church site became a focus. An additional parcel of land known as out lot B was looked at by the Park Board some time ago. This is the area to the west and owned by Mr. Rick Carlson. This piece of land is now basically land-locked by Woodridge Estates and the church property. Since the developer was interested in developing the north side of the church property and donating out lot B, the idea was brought to the Park Board, the developer didn' t show up, and the consideration tabled. Marty believes the Park Board also felt this to be an 5