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^ CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1995 CITY HALL PARK Marty said the local athletic association has shown interest to help develop City Hall Park. He tried to reach Jerry Haffman about the status of the Shoreview building. Marty expressed concerns about the existing playground equipment. He recommended that the existing equipment not be put back in the park because of its age and hazard audit. Betty asked about retrofitting equipment and if we did that would it change the percentages. Marty said it would, but retrofitting is not something that is recommended by the and if we retrofit we are immediately assuming t6he responsibility for that piece of playground equipment. Marty thought we should start thinking about replacing the equipment in parks that does not meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission standards. Ken asked about the stand alone swing/monkey bars. Marty said some work has to be done on the swing set. He said the openings are big enough on the monkey bars but he is concerned about the resilient surface. Marty said we should probably take the spiral slide out but he felt there was a possibility of finding another tire swing to put up. BEHMIS CENTURY FARMS: Marty game background information on this development. Behm' s Century Farms is a multi-phased, multi- additioned, development with Phase 1 consisting of 52 .4 acres, 105 lots, with a 2 .0 units/acre current application, and an unestablished market value of $8000 per acre. The approximate upland area is estimated at 42 .2 acres and the wetland at 10.2 acres. This development is bounded by Sunset Road on the west, and extending in an irregular path to the south and east between the State Correctional Facility on the south and the Lino Air Park on the north. Existing neighborhood park N-7 lies adjacent to this development on the northwest corner. The development is to be proposed in phases. Since this area has an existing 8.62 acre park in this area, no land dedication should be needed. The challenge with this neighborhood is to provide an effective trail link access to the park from residents. A transportation trail (13) connecting into Laurie Avenue and into the park should accomplish this one the south. Another option would be to connect the cul-de-sac at the end of Thomas Street to the cul-de-sac on the north side of Phase 1. 4