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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting ..� June 3, 1996 One of the things that makes this process difficult is the fact that the board often times does not have the entire picture (additional land needs that are nebulous enough to stall the entire master plan) and thus have their hands tied. Marty would like to suggest that in the future, all residents moving into the city who have chosen to reside directly next to a park are notified of the intentions of our Comprehensive Park and Trail Plan. In other words, neighborhood parks are neighborhood parks and not "informal neighborhood parks" , and there are certain common elements and programs that could and most-likely occur in these parks . Marty said there were residents present to address the progress of fund-raising and where to place these needed features . Marty included in the packets a copy of a small shelter and list of the additional things that were ordered from the donations received from the Friends of the Parks . Marty said the additional playground equipment has already been approved. The items that have not been approved are the grills, tables, backstop , and player "bench" . Marty said he wished he could speed the land acquisition up so that the board could make a better decision on things like a shelter. Recall that the residents living on the north side presented the argument there was too much planned on their side, and that the board wanted Brauer to look at this when the land dedication is made. In the mean time all designated donations to the Friends can only be used for the appropriate designated project, and will remain with the Friends until the board makes a decision on each matter. Marty thank who ever put the meeting signs up in the park. He said it was a very good idea. Laurie Mazanec, 652 River Birch Place spoke on the groups fundraising efforts . She said they would like to put as much in the park as possible. She would like it to be an all age park. Laurie talked about the backstop, what they wanted, and the cost . Jean Bamer, Kathleen Peterson, Louise Fischer, Allen Ersberger, Gary Truttle, Mike Mazanec, Jim Dane, Kevin Phelps and other residents stated their opinions and voiced what they wanted in the park. 4