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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting �-1 November 4, 1996 One of the petitions, the hockey rink, is highly dependent upon MUSA land expansion. The picnic shelter, now located in the MUSA expansion area, is a fairly large shelter in Brauer' s opinion to place in the area that is petitioned for this use. The half- court basketball ties into the Comprehensive Plan standards . The volleyball court also fits into these standards . The ballfield is positioned and has been modified to make the other park elements work, such as the trail to the south of left field. The distance from the property line to the north of the backstop is about 65 feet . The other side is about 75 feet . We need enough room for a trail in this area. It has been a general policy to keep trails as far away from property lines as possible when we can. The definition of Informal playfield is defined in our Comprehensive Plan on page 4-26 . He asked the members to refer to the enclosed copy of this page. He would prefer to not move this backstop since it is already installed, and in order to maintain enough distance for people, trail and landscaping. He would prefer to seek some additional soil for the left outfield area to make this area more playable. A skinned infield (aglime) has no bearing on the status of formal or informal use; rather the classification is tied to the need to provide city residents an area for unstructured pick-up games and neighborhood type get- togethers, and other uses as defined in section 4-26 . Informal fields can be either aglime or grass . Marty explained, based on the criteria set forth in the Comprehensive Plan, this is up to the discretion of the Park Board. However, if there are any questions that come up that cannot be answered, the matter should be deferred and researched, with the exception of the question of MUSA land expansion. Joe asked Marty to read Marilyn' s memo regarding the petitions . (placed in minutes book) Marty then read the descriptions of each of the five petitions . Petition 1 had 418 signatures and was for a half court basketball court . Petition 2 had 406 signatures and was for a hockey rink. There were 419 signatures on petition 3 which is for a groomed infield with bases, as well as having the backstop be no more than 50' from property line . Petition 4 is for a picnic shelter and had 418 signatures . Petition 5 was for one sand volleyball court and had 420 signatures . 2