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City of Lino Lakes Park Board Meeting April 6, 1998 the inclusion of Jay and Sue Moliter' s property in the overall master plan. George explained that in their initial negotiations with Mr. Uhde it was agreed upon that there would be a trail connection between the 1st and 2nd Additions . At that time there was a wetland issue that Mr. Uhde has worked out with the Army Corp. Mr. Johnson stated that is what will happen as part of that 4th Addition, the trail will be connected between the two cul-de- sacs . The trail will be graded and be part of the edge of a pond that will be in the central portion of the Behm' s Farm, running along the north edge . It will have some very pleasant environmental issues relating to it. Pat indicated that the streets are being used as a trail system and that strip of houses will essentially separate that trail from the park. If they have the opportunity to use the street as a buffer to the park, it would allow for many more development options within the park than when they are up against the back of the houses . Therefore, there was a large downside to that strip of houses at this point in time, excluding the financial implications . Mr. Johnson was concerned that the park has almost 1/4 mile of frontage on public rights-of-way which is very uncommon. They were looking at some way to reduce that frontage so that the burden on the City for their half of the street improvements would be reduced through the sale of that property. He continued stating that if the access to the park needs something in the southeast corner he believes they could do that. There is another wetland but that could be negotiated with no major problems . They felt that they could get eight lots from this property, but believed seven to be optimum. However, they would consider six as an option, to allow for more access . Mr. Johnson then reminded the Board that this is the least expensive time for them to develop the lots because it would be done in conjunction with the 4th or 5th Addition which will be this year. Next year, it will cost more because it would be a separate project from what they are doing. George asked for clarification on the figure of $184, 144 .27, questioning if that figure is what it would cost the City to keep the land. Mr. Johnson responded by saying that the 8 . 6 acres does, in fact, have costs attached to the improvements which were developed by the City' s Consultant. Paul stated that he disagreed with that, explaining his understanding that the way the Charter works they could not -"� charge the City for this deal if they did not agree to it . Even 6