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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting March 3, 1997 FRIENDS OF THE PARK UPDATE: Barry reported the Friends Golfing event will be held on July 19 at Chomonix Golf Course. He said there is 10-12 people working on this event . If everything works out the Friends could do very well . Pam asked if there was a brochure. Barry said it should be done mid March and will be mailed to the Lino Lakes business and other people they are seeking for sponsors . Amy wanted to know how much it would cost to sponsor a hole. Barry said Betty was working on that and did not want to misquote the price. Joe asked if they lost alot of the 1996 sponsors . Barry said no . He said the next meeting is March 11 . Target Grant: Marty said he has not heard about the Target Grant but should in the near future . He is hopeful that we will get their support again this year. GOALS AND REFERENDUM UPDATE: George said the goals have been presented to the City Council and he and Marty will be going to the March 5 Council Work Session to discuss the referendum and see if they have council support . He asked the members to come to the work session if they are able. He said the board needs to come up with monetary figures for the athletic complex, trails, and neighborhood park completion. George would like this on the April Park Board agenda. Marty said alot of this has been done in the five year Capitol Improvement Plan he submitted this year. The figures are estimates but he feels comfortable with the Park Board firming up these figures . George said we need to come up with realistic improvements for the 18 neighborhood parks and what would be an appropriate figure for the referendum. Marty said his Capitol Improvement Plan figure is approximately $4 million. George feels that most CIP' s are not realistic. What we need to do is figure out what the formula will be, i .e. $/year/household/length of time. George also added that we need to look at what the survey indicated, get a figure so we can go to the council and show them what the needs are for land acquisition, neighborhood parks, and trails . The Park Board needs to give them a realistic figure of what the referendum amount should be. Pam said Prior Lake passed a referendum of $6 .50M and they have a population of approximately 20, 000 . George asked Marty if George Wattson is familiar with referendums or if there is someone available to get cost per household figures from so he will have something to take to the Council at the work session. George also said we will have to hire a consultant to help with the referendum process . 5