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17 EYELOP1V F'4 F c c i is <br />FOR COMMUNITY ATHLETIC COMPLEX <br />HISTORY OF PURSUING LAND <br />FOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX <br />1991 - AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO DEVELOP <br />COMPREHENSIVE PARK PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDE <br />1993 - COMMITTEE FORMED TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL SITES FOR <br />ATHLETIC COMPLEX. FACTORS SUCH AS LOCATION, SIZE, <br />SHAPE, ORIENTATION, TOPOGRAPHY, SOILS, AND VEHICULAR <br />ACCESS WERE ANALYZED WHEN EVALUATING EACH PARCEL. <br />AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ALSO TAKEN TO ASSIST IN THIS <br />EVALUATION <br />1994 - CONCEPT PLAN FOR MOST DESIRABLE SITE CREATED - NOREN <br />PROPERTY (HOLLY DRIVE AND COUNTY ROAD J) <br />1998 - CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED STAFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS <br />TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX. OWNERS OF <br />NOREN PROPERTY DECIDED NOT TO SELL <br />1999 - STAFF BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNER OF <br />SECOND MOST DESIRABLE SITE LOCATED AT SOUTHEAST <br />CORNER OF' BIRCH STREET AND CENTERVILLE ROAD <br />( MONTAIN PROPERTY) <br />STAFF AND JEFF SCHOENBAUER, PARKS PLANNING <br />CONSULTANT, ANALYZED POTENTIAL SITE INCLUDING <br />WETLAND DELINEATION AND CREATED CONCEPT PLAN <br />TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED, CONTINGENT ON CITY <br />COUNCIL APPROVAL, TO ACQUIRE 62 ACRES OF PROPERTY <br />FOR $850,000. SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS WITH ADJOINING <br />PROPERTY OWNER HAS RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL 5 ACRES <br />ADJACENT TO MONTAIN PROPERTY FOR $75,000. <br />PREPARED BY: <br />CITY OF LINO L.AIES <br />PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT <br />600 TOWN CENTER PARKWAY <br />L.iN0 LAKES, MN 55014 <br />PH. 651-982-2440 <br />DATE 10499 <br />