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h _ Yam• <br /> TRUST <br /> F O R <br /> PUBLIC <br /> LAND <br /> L <br /> December 5, 1996 <br /> Conserving Land <br /> for People <br /> Mr. Marry Asleson <br /> Director,Lino Lakes Park and Recreation Department <br /> 7204 Lake Drive <br /> Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br /> Dear Mr. Asleson: <br /> Thank you for talking with me about Lino Lakes' interest in acquiring land for one or two athletic <br /> complexes and other recreational purposes. I look forward to receiving a map of the potential <br /> areas. <br /> I have enclosed some information that I thought you might find helpful in discussing options with <br /> council members and staff. In particular, I included information about our finance program, <br /> transaction services, and projects the Trust for Public Land has completed with local governments <br /> in' the Midwest Region. <br /> The Trust for Public Land (TPL)is a national, nonprofit land conservation organization which <br /> assists individuals and communities in achieving their park and open space preservation goals. <br /> TPL specializes in acquiring and preserving urban and rural open space for the benefit of the <br /> general public. We do not own land permanently, but secure it for eventual transfer to local land <br /> trusts or public land management agencies, from the local to the federal level. TPL adds land to <br /> local, state and federal parks and forest systems. <br /> The Trust for Public Land can handle details of the real estate transaction, provide assistance in <br /> identifying and securing funding, coordinate funding sources, and help mobilize public support in <br /> bond referendum campaigns. For example, one Twin Cities area project involved funding from as <br /> many as ten sources, both private and public. Some have been two-step processes, in which TPL <br /> purchases an entire parcel, a public agency then purchases part of the parcel, and TPL sells the <br /> remainder to a developer who commits to developing in a manner compatible with the public open <br /> space and sensitive to community interests. In addition, TPL focuses on those opportunities that <br /> public agencies can not act quickly upon or that pose technical difficulties. <br /> The Trust for Public Land <br /> Midwest Region <br /> 420 North Fifth Street <br /> Suite 865 <br /> Minneapolis,MN 55401 <br /> (612)338-8494 <br /> Fax(612)338-8467 <br /> Irl► <br /> 0'*M1 <br />