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26 October 18, 1977 The Special Meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:00 P.M. on October 18, 1977 by Mayor Bohjanen. Council members present; Karth, McLean, Schneider, Zelinka. Mr. Robert Nethercut, Mr. Elliot Perovich and Mr. Neil Franey of the Metropol- itan Open Space Commission were present. The Ramsey County Open Space was represented by Mr. Larry Homberg and Mr. Bernie Edmunds. Members of the Hugo City Council were rep- resented by Mr. Deane Vail, the Hugo Planning and Zoning by Mr. Bill Greger and Mr. Paul Santori represented the residents of Hugo. Mayor Bohjanen said the purpose of this meeting was to discuss the proposed Otter Lake Regional Park and since this City has no knowledge what is proposed, he turned the meet- ing over to the sub - committee. Mr. Perovich introduced Mr. Franey, who is chairman of the sub - committee. Mr. Franey felt that Mr. Homberg would be the most knowledgeable in this area and asked that he give a brief summary of what had been planned. Mr. Homberg said that in the overall plan issued by the Metropolitan Council, 15 sites had been designated for Open Space and the Otter Lake Regional Park was one of these 15. Ramsey County had been named as the implementing agency and they had put together an over- all plan that had included all the lands in Lino Lakes from the County Line North to 64th Street between Otter Lake and Bald Eagle and as far West as to include all the shoreline on Otter Lake. There had been nothing definite as to Lino Lakes and Hugo, just merely some lines on a map as a proposal. He asked just where the two Cities are as to the Re- gional Park. Mr. Zelinka said at the present time, Lino Lakes has approximately 100 acres of local parks, plus the 2500 acres Chain of Lakes Regional Park plus some 2000 acres of water included in that park. He felt this quite enough for one community to handle. Mr. Nethercut said he understood the City's position against this acquisition, but asked if there is a possibility of any kind of a mutually agreeable plan for that area. Mr. Zelinka wanted to know what the important factor in this area acquisition relates to- is it ownership and control of the land or is it for the use of the land by the citizen? Mr. Nethercut saidthis would be for the use of the people. Mayor Bohjanen said he would rather see this area, if there is to be any open space, owned, developed and controlled by the City. Mr. McLean asked for an outline of the Ramsey County program and Mr. Homberg said the No. 1 priority would be a bikeway around Bald Eagle Lake; 2) preserving the undeveloped shore- line and 3) preserve the marsh lands. There was discussion as to where the bikeway could be installed, who would control, and some of the problems of construction that could be encountered. Mr. Santori presented a map showing the perimeter of Bald Eagle Lake and the present site of lands owned by the Ramsey County Open Space. He suggested that the presently owned lands be developed to their full potential and if this is done, future acquisition is unnecessary. The general consensus of both Lino Lakes and Hugo, was this Otter Lake Regional Park plan should be deleted from both City's system statements. Based on this action discussion of connecting bikeways on the existing road bed of West Bald Eagle Boulevard and minor connecting trail systems could be initieated with the emphasis on local ownership and local control. An area review familiarization meeting was scheduled for November 5, 1977 at 1:00 P.M. to go over this land with all interested agencies being represented.