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• • Park Board Meeting — November 14, 2011 Minutes The November 14, 2011 City of Lino Lakes Park Board meeting was called to order at 6:46 p.m. by Chair George Lindy. Roll call was taken; members present were, George Lindy, Bill Kusterman, Richard Jensen, Matt Koehn and Charles Evans. Members absent were Pat Huelman and Byron Roland. Also present was Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director and Sandie Wood, Public Services Department Office Manager. Council Members Dave Roeser and Rob Rafferty were also in attendance. 1. SWEARING IN OF REAPPOINTED MEMBER GEORGE LINDY: At 7:07 p.m. Mayor Jeff Reinter swore in reappointed Member George Lindy. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JULY 5, 2011: Charles Evans made a motion to approve the July 5, 2011 minutes. Richard Jensen seconded the motion and the minutes were approved as written. 4. SETTING AGENDA: There were no changes to the agenda. 5. OPEN MIKE: There was no one present for open mike. 6. LEGACY GRANT FUNDING DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROESER: Councilmembers Dave Roeser and Rob Rafferty came before the Park Board to discuss the Legacy Grant Funding meeting Roeser had attended. He stated that there is approximately $200M that may be used to fund trails, parks or clean water projects. He said that Forest Lake had received $73,000 from the Clean Water Funding Area of the Legacy Act. Roeser has talked to Representative Linda Runbeck on how to obtain funds for projects in Lino Lakes. She told him that the city could draw something up and take it to the Minnesota Legislature or try to obtain corporate funding. There was discussion on the recreation complex site and how to fund this project. Councilman Roeser said that now was not the time to do a referendum but maybe the board could look at other forms of funding or grants. It was also suggested that maybe Lino Lakes could partner up with the City of Centerville and Anoka County as well as the Department of Natural Resources, the Historical Society and Rice Creek Watershed District to obtain funding from the Legacy Grant. Mr. Roeser thought the more regional collaboration Lino Lakes did the more chance of success in obtaining funds. After further discussion it was decided that Rick should contact someone from the Legacy group to get more information on this grant. Rick said he would also contact WSB Engineering to see if he could get a grant writer to come to a future meeting and talk to board members. He said that WSB may also have information on this program.