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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.
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Mr. McLean asked Mr. Nethercut for some imput on the deletion of this proposed regional
park from the system statement.
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M.
The minutes were approved with correction October 24, 1977 at the regular Council meeting.
EDNA L. SARNER, CLERK - TREASURER