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Park Board member Pat Huelman introduced the Park Board members and shared his State <br />of the Lino Lakes Parks and Trail System presentation. Currently, we have nine playgrounds <br />between 21 to 31 years old, six hard courts 20 years old, along with aged shelters and <br />hockey rinks. The City has 22 parks with current hard assets worth more than $5,000,000 <br />and almost 27 miles of community trails that are worth more than $9,000,000. <br />Needs: <br />• Catching up ($275,000/year): <br />A. Replacement of past due assets <br />B. Completion of existing Park Master Plans <br />C. Completion of identified community trail segments <br />• Maintaining of existing assets ($180,000/year): <br />A. Annual replacement <br />B. Replacement of trail assets <br />• Providing funds for vibrant parks & trails ($75,000/year): <br />A. Enhancement funds <br />Mr. Huelman has asked the Council to consider designating 1/3 of any general fund surplus <br />dollars to the Park and Trail Improvement Fund. $90,000 replaces one park each year. Park <br />Board priorities are new shelters at Lino Park and Marshan Park; new playground <br />equipment at Behm's, Highland Meadows, and Marshan; and a destination park at Tower <br />Park. <br />Councilmember Ruhland asked if the warming house at Sunrise Park could be upgraded to a <br />concession stand. <br />Council discussed a bond referendum. Mayor Rafferty inquired about what to do for future <br />funding. <br />6. Municipal Sewer and Water Extension Draft Feasibility Reports. <br />WSB Project Engineer Diane Hankee is requesting staff municipal sewer and water <br />extension draft feasibility reports for Colonial Woods and Pine Haven. On June 26, 2023, the <br />City Council adopted a five-year Street Reconstruction Plan that identified roadways that <br />would be funded through Street Reconstruction Bonds. On August 28, 2023, the City Council <br />authorized a Feasibility Report for the 2024 Street Reconstruction and Municipal Sewer and <br />Water Extension Project in the Colonial Woods and Pine Haven neighborhoods. Both <br />neighborhoods were platted in the late 1970s and need street reconstruction. Both <br />neighborhoods currently use onsite private wells and septic systems, and the City is <br />evaluating the extension of municipal water and sanitary sewer. <br />Residents of Colonial Woods will pay a $18,000 assessment per lot or unit. For residents of <br />Colonial Woods, the cost of connecting to water and sewer is $15,337 per unit or lot. A <br />$16,000 assessment will be made to each unit or lot in Pine Haven. The cost of connecting a <br />unit or lot in Pine Haven Woods to the water and sewer systems is $13,356. <br />3 <br />