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DATE <br />70 <br />FROM <br />SUBJECT: <br />UM][Y('.l.Y/NIY <br />April 16, 1980 <br />Public Works and Recreation Cnmmittee <br />Mar9aret Thorpe <br />Executive Assistan ' , , .' <br />Planning & Developme t <br />Lakeside Park and B ach <br />i <br />Following your request at the March 17, 1980 Committee meeting, I <br />have reviewed the request of the Parks and Recreation Department to <br />develop the appropriate legal basis under which the County would <br />assume fu11 responsibility for Lakeside Park and Beach facility". <br />On March 28, Tony Crea, Bernie Edmonds, Jim Kavaloski and I went to <br />the Park and inspected the facilities. We aiso met with members of <br />the Lakeside Park Canmission, the Mounds View City Council, the <br />Spring Lake Park City Council, and the Director of the Mounds View <br />Parks and Recreation Department. In addition, I sought additional <br />information and clarification about the Park and the request for <br />Ramsey County to assume responsibility for it fran a variety of <br />saurces. <br />x+...+:x...:+.. <br />This review indicates that the decision as to whether or not Ramsey <br />County should assume responsibility for Lakeside Park and Beach remains <br />a policy judgment, which only the members of the Board can make. The <br />information originally Dresented by the Department is substantially <br />correct. Ramsey Lounty must weigh its responsibility to provide <br />appropriate services to its citizens against its responsibility to <br />mana9e the size and cost of those services. The Department's infor- <br />mation, along with the additionat information I have obtained, reveals <br />no major reasons for not assuming responsibility for the Park other <br />than that of increased County pro9ram costs. <br />wt+*k+:+++•x+• <br />In response to several questions raised at the March 17 meeting, I would <br />offer the following additional information and analysis which may assist <br />you in reaching a decision. Also attached is a mmwrandum fran the <br />Direttor of the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Oepartment, outiining <br />his reasons for proposing that the County assume responsibility for the <br />Park.