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,.ter reassignments youth could gain the use of Lino Park and Field no 3 at Rice Lake Elementary. We would in effect gain one adult softball field to our system. The multi-use athletic field on the south-west side of the site would come out because of room and safety concerns in relation to the freeway. The two hockey rinks on the plan would probably become one with a free-skating area, and may not be built initially. All of the athletic fields are needed by the school district for their own programs. The legion field on the northeast corner of the site is being built for community needs. This would complement our athletic complex in that we were in a position of trying to extend one of our fields in our concept plan to accommodate one of these. Space is tight because of the wetlands on the athletic complex site. In my opinion this would be complementary to our needs. A trail would loop through this facility and into a trail down Elm Street and along a proposed road on Fourth Ave. heading to the north linking into the regional park. I will bring some larger scale drawings depicting this proposed trail route to the park board meeting. The joint use agreement language writting is with the superintendents office. We do not have anything at this time. The economic issues are clear to me (were short on money) and I presented this to the superintendent. John McClellan seemed optimistic that something could be worked out on this and would be talking to Randy Schumacher. As you recall, the city paid for the interior trails overlay and a portion of the underpass at the Rice Lake Elementary School site. OPTIONS This is an update for your review. Staff is looking for your input and support for particularly the inside sport/recreation facilities. RECOMMENDATION Although this site is not alluded to in our comprehensive plan, and there is no need from a park land standard sense, the elements in the plan do complement and remove some of the pressures for some badly needed recreation facilities. I would support this joint use opportunity.