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MEMO TO: Mounds View City Council FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Directo�f( ` I Parks, Recreation and Fore $ ry Department DATE: August 14, 1986 RE: Groveland Park Tennis Courts The ,_.. Ins and. Recce — IC 1'1lI1J nU0 Y L<A Car //V 1\G \.1 <alr Ytlll \.1//I�mission has been in the process of reviewing and updating the Parks and Open Space Capital Improvement Plan in great depth during the past six months. As part of that review process, they have reaffirmed that the number one pri- ority for park development is the Groveland Park tennis courts. As you are aware, this project has been ranked as a first priority for the past two years, and due to staff's successful application of two LAWCON Grants, we have been unable to fund this project. At the July 24, 1906 Park Commission meeting, the Com- mission adopted a policy recommending that two-thirds of all future park dedication funds be set as;Ae in a park fund; with an eventual goal being to raise one- half million dollars. The City would then expend the interest each year from the Park Fund on development projects. On August 6, 1986, the City received a $39,000.00 Park Dedication check from Herbst for their development pro- ject along Highway 10. In keeping with the Park Com- mission's policy, they directed staff to allocate one- third of the $39,000.00 from Che Part: Dedication Fund, or $13,000.00 to begin soil corrections at Groveland Park in preparation for future construction of tennis courts in the spring of 1987. Staff has requested $30,000.00 for the construction of two tennis courts in the 1987 budget and it is the intent of the Groveland Park Foundation to match the City's monies with addi- tional funds to complete the project. Staff contracted with Twin City Testing in June, 1984 to develop a soil analysis at Groveland Park, and it was their recommendation that the soils were weak, ' compressible, and highly frost -susceptible. They fur- ther recommended that all of the soil should be removed from tha area that the tennis courts will be placed, as well as a minimum of five feet beyond the edge of the tennis courts.