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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting April 6, 1998 Sharon Lane made a motion to keep the name of the park Marshan Park, seconded by Pam Taschuk. The motion was approved unanimously. CONSIDERATION OF RECREATION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLE PINES: Rick indicated that the Board had a copy of the Recreational Services Agreement with Circle Pines . Last year, Lino Lakes began providing a summer playground program at two sites for the City of Circle Pines . He explained that the purpose of this Agreement was to extend the term of last year' s arrangement . The Agreement states that Lino Lakes will be providing two summer playground sites in Circle Pines for a fee of $3, 500 per site. Rick stated that this cooperative effort has worked well for both communities and they anticipate continuing this arrangement into the future. Sharon asked if this was basically the same agreement . Rick verified that it was . RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE : Rick indicated that the Board had a copy of the Parks and Recreation Department Spring Program Update, prepared by Recreation Program Supervisor, Barry Bernstein, who has been concentrating on hiring summer staff as well as finding available practice times for all activities . Rick explained that this was for the Board' s information and to show them what type of things Mr. Bernstein had been working on. He then said that he would answer any questions of the Board. Rick added that eighteen applications were received for the part- time Recreation Supervisor I position. The position has been offered to a candidate and they hope to hear back within a few days . If the candidate does accept the position, they would be going to Council for approval at the April 13, 1998, meeting. Sharon then clarified that the position called for twenty hours a week. Rick stated that it was as part-time position but the hours would vary between the summer programs and the non-summer programs . Jeff questioned whether this might turn into a full-time position. Rick said he hoped that it would if they had the funding. He was confident that once they got this person in place they would see a lot of additional programs and special events . Then they would be able to consider this for a full-time position. PARKS DEPARTMENT UPDATE : Rick summarized the memo that the Board received from Mike Hoffman, Parks Maintenance Supervisor, that listed the 11