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LAKE ELMO COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 15, 2008 3 REGULAR AGENDA: Receive a project report detailing the proposed rights and restrictions for the Sunfish Lake Park Land Trust Easement Carol Kriegler, Project Assistant, presented a project report related to placing Sunfish Lake Park, a 315 acre park that is used for hiking and skiing, in a conservation easement with the Minnesota Land Trust and to endorse the concept presented in the report. The intent of this project report was to identify the proposed land use restriction that will be included in the conservation easement. Judith Blackford, Parks Commission member and Lake Elmo resident, summarized the report and recommendation by the parks commission for the City Council to consider that identified future uses for the park. City Council members Smith and Johnson noted that an ice skating rink with a warming house was recommended as a future use of Area Two, but this item was not included in the list of proposed rights and restrictions for a conservation easement to the Minnesota Land Trust. MOTION: Council Member DeLapp moved approval of the project report prepared by the Parks Commission outlining the proposed rights and restrictions in Sunfish Lake Park and authorize the City to coordinate with the Minnesota Land Trust to prepare the conservation easement document for approval by the City Council and the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Land Trust by October 31, 2008. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Receive and accept the 2007 Annual Financial Report Steve McDonald, city auditor, reviewed the highlights of the 2007 Annual Financial Report for the City Council and answered questions. Joe Rigdon, Finance Manager, KDV and city hired financial expert, organized, reconciled and reworked its 2007 accounts at the recommendation of the city auditor as a result of the findings for the 2006 audit. Anne Bucheck, 2301 Legion Avenue, Lake Elmo, asked about how the $1,000,000 loan for the Village project would be repaid so that taxpayers, who did not benefit from the project, were not covering these costs. Administrator Hoyt explained that a repayment plan for the loan will be developed as part of the budgeting process and that the City Council has always planned to recoup costs for the infrastructure and environmental studies from developers and users. MOTION: Council member Smith moved to accept the 2007 Annual Financial Report as presented. Council Member Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.