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UNAPPROVED 1 Mounds View City Council Page Fourteen 2 Regular Meeting July 25, 1994 3 4 5 Amundson stated he has been involved in scouting for 8 years and has never had den leaders stated that 6 they needed access for a place in holding their meetings. Not interested in 40 additonal parking spaces 7 across from his driveway which is a dead end and has had to calll the police oto have them patrol that 8 area and he stated that he told Councilmember Trude about lighting and about access to other parks. 9 Asked that something be done about pathways and sidewalks to the other parks. 10 11 Councilmember Trude asked how other park land became available in the City. 12 13 Saarion reported that manyh of the parks were acquired through tax forfeiture and the only park purchased 14 outright was Silver View Park. 15 16 Saarion gave the background on how the other parks in Mounds View were acquired. Many 17 corrections had to be completed before projects were completed in these parks. 18 19 Councilmember Trude stated that two parcels from Mr. Belisle would be purchased and another lot 20 on County Road H2. 21 22 Mayor Linke stated that there is part of a ditch that is also park land. Saarion explained that Knollwood 23 Park is undevelopable land. 24 25 Saarion explained that the southern part of the City has.no ballfields for use and that Mounds View 26 does not get permission to use other community athletic facilities for youth. Saarion stated that the 27 parks are used in the summer from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 from June to July. Tennis lessons and 28 baseball leagues, rollerblade leagues, volleyball leagues and other programs developed for 29 children. 100 children bussed to Lakeside Prk for safety camp. 60 tems of youth 8 ball, T ball 30 and softball, skating programs in the winter and building requests can't be handled. 31 32 Requests for use never quits and people are turned down on a daily basis. Does not count people that 33 drop by. Daycare providers that have outings. Parks are used in Mounds View. One thing that in all 34 surveys is that Mounds View participation and park use is higher than the average suburban community. 35 36 Two scout groups housed out of Pinewood couldn't find a date or time to use buildings. Requests coming 37 in already for use of space at Random. 38 39 Gary Mann, 3009 Woodale Drive, stated major concern is in very secluded dead end area and the concern 40 is traffic in the neighborhood. Mr. Mann asked about the area west of the proposed property is considered 41 by the federal government as one of the hazardous waste sites is the pole yard 42 and developing land for kids to use and abutting it to a hazardous waste area. Mr. Maim recalled that it is 43 one of the top ten hazardous waste areas. Useage of the land for youngsters. 44 45 Mayor Linke stated that the land in question is not part of that area. Land is in Fridley and a way away 46 from that site. Property line starts there.