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Mounds View City Council August 22, 1988 Regular Meeting Page Four Park Director Saarion stated if the Council is interested in having the hockey rink in that location permanently, the area could be graded. She added Staff had not surveyed the elevations. Councilmember Quick recommended putting the matter on hold and taking the rink out of Hillview Park and storing it and see where the issue goes after one year. He added he sees a lot of problems for the Public Works department in trying to keep up with this. Mayor Linke expressed concern with taking the rink down and having one less rink available for people to use. Councilmember Hankner stated the issue must be looked at carefully before doing anything, as they do not want to create new problems. It was the concensus of the Council t, make a deci- sion on the hockey rink location tonight. Park Director Saarion asked if Council would like Short, Elliott, Hendrickson to do an elevation sur- vey and look at the drainage issue. Councilmember Hankner replied she would like Public Works Director Minetor to do the work in- house. Public Works Director Minetor replied the City has some contour maps but they do not show all the problems. Mayor Linke recommended also making a decision on the tot lot, as they would like to get it in yet this fall. He explained the equipment had been stored already for awhile and until it is assembled, they will not know if everything is there. Park Director Saarion explained the intention behind berming the park to keep water from the rink from running off into the neighbors yards. Public Works Director Minetor stated that if the Council could agree on a concept, Staff could get a preliminary report back and have some type of topo- graphical maps for the Counci' to look at. Mayor Linke stated he would prefer to see the tot lot in front and the picnic tables to the rear of the park at Hillview. Councilmember Wuori expressed concern with taking the rink from Hillview, in that if it doesn't work at Groveland, they have totally eliminated one rink.