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UNAPPROVED 1 Mounds View City Council Page Fourteen 2 Regular Meeting July 25, 1994 3 4 5 Gene Erickson, 2948 Woodale Drive, stated that his concerns are that 6 the Council should be responsible and good stewards of City taxpayer's 7 tax dollars and wondered if that was a good use. Has attended budget 8 hearings and now talking about $25, 000 or $50, 000 and the other grant 9 money is coming out of the other pocket. Facility not needed and area 10 doesn't want it. 11 12 Diamond has a fifth grader and has never had a problem accessing any 13 of the parks. What happened to ice skating park at Woodcrest? Diamond 14 stated that he is involved in T-ball and baseball and has no problem 15 going to the other parks. 16 17 Amundson stated he has been involved in scouting for 8 years and has 18 never had den leaders state that they needed access for a place to hold 19 their meetings. Not interested in 40 additional parking spaces across 20 from his driveway which is a dead end and has had to call the police to 21 have them patrol that area and he stated that he told Councilmember Trude 22 about lighting and about access to other parks. Asked that something be 23 done about pathways and sidewalks to the other parks. 24 25 Councilmember Trude asked how other park land became available in the 26 City. 27 28 Saarion reported that many of the parks were acquired through tax 29 forfeiture and the only park purchased outright was Silver View Park. 30 31 Saarion gave the background on how the other parks in Mounds View were 32 acquired. Many corrections had to be made before projects were completed 33 in these parks . 34 35 Councilmember Trude stated that two parcels from Mr. Belisle would border 36 the park and one homeowner on County Road H2 . 37 38 Mayor Linke stated that there is part of a ditch that is also park 39 land. Saarion explained that Knollwood Park is undevelopable land. 40 Saarion explained that the southern part of the City has no ballfields 41 for use and that Mounds View does not get permission to use other 42 community athletic facilities for youth. Saarion stated that the parks 43 are used in the summer from 9: 00 a.m. until 3 : 30 from June to July with 44 tennis lessons and baseball leagues, rollerblade leagues, volleyball 45 leagues and other programs developed for children, 100 children 46 bussed to Lakeside Park for safety camp, 60 teams of youth 8 ball, T ball 47 and softball, skating programs in the winter and building requests can't 48 be handled. 49 50 Requests for use never quit and people are turned down on a daily 51 basis. This use does not count the people that just drop by and daycare 52 providers that have outings. Parks are used in Mounds View. Saarion 53 stated that one thing that showed in all surveys done, is that Mounds 54 View's park use is higher than in an average suburban community.