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The Park Board also discussed the comments regarding a full court basketball hoop vs a half court . DeGardner commented that he is not opposed to putting in a full size basketball court however a full size court is very attractive to people not just in the Watermark community and could bring people from other cities into their neighborhood . DeGardner stated one way to offer a full size courts to the residents of Watermark and Lino Lakes would be to put in at Tower Park . He continued that the only other full size basketball court within the entire City of Lino Lakes was located at Rice Lake Elementary School . He also noted that if you add the full court to the existing park layout it would start to impede on the open space . Mallory Humbert , 2036 Diamond Lane in Watermark, had a chance to comment and represent her neighborhood . Humbert stated that she has spoken with many residents in the Watermark area and they have a Facebook page for their neighborhood as well for people to comment on . She addressed some of the items that had been surveyed . She stated that the Hockey Rink is not needed as there is currently three setup in their area and posts on their Facebook page inviting residents in the area to use them . She went on to address the basketball courts and a need for it versus relying on residents driveways . She stated that driveways are short and slanted . She commented that there will be a few more parks in the development that are being developed that will just be open green spaces . Kusterman addressed the Park Board` stating that this is a once in a development time to get this right . They have the space , the funding , etc . Kusterman pointed out that although Tower Park is near by getting the funds to build a full size basketball court there would be difficult . DeGardner stated that it is true that obtaining the funds is difficult however he does see a full court basketball court at Tower Park when the funding is available . He did state that right now they have. dedication dollars that are available for Watermark Park . Huelman addressed Mallory asking if two half- court basketball courts would be needed . She stated that yes , she believes it would get the use . She commented that many of the people moving in are 25yr — 35yrs that are moving in with young families ( like babies ) . She said the most common comments she hears from people is they hope the money is spent on an awesome playground . Julie Cutts , Park Board Member , stated that one of the comments that really stood out to her when reviewing the feedback they received from the survey was that people asked if the playground area could be expanded and that they didn ' t know how heavily used the green space would be used . Cutts then commented that the playground area did look small in relation to the open lawn space . DeGardner commented that it seemed like Watermark residents really want to be involved in the playground design and in years past they have received bids and designs from other vendors and opened it to residents to decide . The turnout was low and the cost and time associated with doing that didn ' t seem to make sense . However , for this project if those in watermark wanted to go that route and volunteer to receive and look over the